Noema

/nəʊˈiːmə/ noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The perceived as perceived

    ""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)."

  2. 2
    That which is perceived in the noesis/noema duality
  3. 3
    An obscure and subtle speech. rhetoric

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"Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Noema."

Etymology

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

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