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cognitional

cognitional

9.3
Relating to the thinking and mental processes people use to learn
  • adjective
  • /kəˈnɪʃənl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cognitivo
  • Children develop their cognitional abilities through observation and interaction with their environment.
  • cognitional theory
  • cognitional act

Examples

  • For all that, though, we must follow Lonergan in articulating the analogy from nature first, the cognitional analogy.

    Academic text (2006)
  • For faith and progress have a common root in man's cognitional and moral self-transcendence.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Rather, it is present in every cognitional act.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Nonetheless, identity questions cannot be reduced to such cognitional meaning alone.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Words are instrumental acts of meaning, expressed by people who, through cognitional structure, are the sources of meaning.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The point is to complete the circle of cognitional theory and metaphysics.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The cognitional process itself has no immanent term in the field of action; hence, the will is free.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The turn could be taken by those who became attentive to their own consciousness, and more specifically, to their own cognitional operations.

    Academic text (2002)
  • What is significant here is the emphasis placed on the cognitional function of meaning (true doctrine).

    Academic text (2010)
  • Augustine continued this Platonic division of three kinds of consciousness (and, implicitly, of intentionality), viz. affective, cognitional, and volitional.

    Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

cognitive
vscognitional
  • Specialized
134 5.4

About thinking, remembering, and learning

focuses specifically on the process of knowing and acquiring knowledge
neurocognitive
vscognitional
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Relating to how the brain thinks, remembers, and understands information

emphasizes mental processes of knowing rather than brain-based ability
thinking
vscognitional
3.6

Able to reason and understand, like humans and some animals

relates to mental activities and the process of knowing rather than ability

Surface Forms

cognitional positive

Morphology

cognitional = cognition (semi-transparent) = cognit + al

The word is transparently formed from the base noun 'cognition' plus the adjectival suffix '-al', though the base itself is a learned, technical word.

Etymology

Cognitional comes from the same root as cognition and the old Latin cognoscere, which means 'to know', and is like the English verb 'know' or 'recognize'. So cognitional describes things about knowing and the thinking we do to learn and understand.