noetic
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- adjective
- /noʊˈɛtɪk/
- Formal
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noético
- In the context of Straussianism, the significance of noetic heterogeneity is that it allows us to distinguish the domain of the political as a part of the whole.
- Noetic goals
- Noetic goals test
Examples
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And that moves you then into the third kind, auto noetic, which is self-awareness.
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But this noetic warfare lacks one feature possessed by visible warfare: declaration of hostilities.
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For in noetic warfare, too, there is a certain divine practice and order.
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There is not just one thing to know: that would be noetic homogeneity.
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When we stay inside a work, the subject is a mere noetic assumption, an imaginary point.
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Comrades in the battle to change the noetic system of individuals and the prevailing culture generally.
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The better way, Strauss thinks, is to recognize noetic heterogeneity.
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Through a strange noetic proximity effect, our intellectual abilities also undergo a transformation as a result of our new relations with these more advanced alien beings.
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To admit the individual agency of thinking seems, therefore, to undermine both Aquinas's loyalties to Aristotle's noetic theory and his rationale.
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Studying philosophy helps develop noetic skills that enhance critical thinking.
Synonyms
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About thinking, ideas, and mental effort rather than feelings
How Intellectual
Surface Forms
Morphology
noetic = noesis (opaque) = noet + ic
The adjective is a straightforward adjectival formation from the noun 'noesis' using the productive suffix '-ic'.
Etymology
The word noetic comes from the Greek words noēsis and noein, which mean 'to think' or 'mind'. So, something noetic is about thinking or mental activity, which is why we use it for intellectual insight or thought-based experience.