noesis

noun

no·​e·​sis

nōˈēsə̇s

plural -es

1

: purely intellectual apprehension:

a

Platonism : the highest kind of knowledge or knowledge of the eternal forms or ideas

—contrasted with dianoia

b

in Husserl : the subjective aspect of or the act in an intentional experience

—distinguished from noema

2

: cognition especially when occurring through direct knowledge

Word History

Etymology

Greek noēsis, from noein to perceive, think

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