noun
- Plural of noesis; acts or instances of mental activity, perception, or consciousness, especially in phenomenology.
Usage: philosophy, phenomenology; technical term; rarely used in everyday English
Examples
- In phenomenology, noesises refer to the intentional acts of consciousness directed toward objects.
- The philosopher examined various noesises to understand how perception structures experience.
- Different noesises—such as remembering, imagining, and perceiving—constitute the stream of consciousness.