noema

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UK/nəʊˈiːmə/US/noʊˈimə/

noun

The perceived as perceived

Scrabble 7

Meanings

nounnoema (plural noemata)

plural noemata · alternative noêma · alternative noëma · alternative noēma

  1. human sciencesThe perceived as perceived
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    "How is it that the noema can be both a sense and the intended objectivity itself? Husserl distinguishes three moments in the noema: the thetic characteristic (noematic correlate of the act-quality), the 'noematic' sense (the assimilation of the act-matter into the newly conceived intentional content), and the determined X (the "innermost moment" of the noema).

    2003, Donn Welton, The New Husserl
  2. human sciencesThat which is perceived in the noesis/noema duality
  3. rhetoricAn obscure and subtle speech.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνόημα“concept”, “idea”, “perception”, “thought”
  2. Englishnoema

From Ancient Greek νόημα (nóēma, “concept”, “idea”, “perception”, “thought”).

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