Noesis
Noesis
(Gr. Noesis) In Husserl1. That current in the stream of consciousness which is intrinsically intentional in that it points to an object as beyond itself. The noesis animates the intrinsically non -intentional hyletic current in the stream. (See Hyle). 2. A particular instance of the ego cogito. NoteIn Husserl’s usage, noesis and noema are very rarely restricted to the sphere of “thinking” or “intellect” (however defined) but are rather extended to all kinds of consciousness. — D.C.
In Greek philosophers The exercise of nous, or reason, the activity of intellectual apprehension and intuitive thought. See Nous; Aristotelianism. — G.RM.