NOETICS: (neologism). The study of how the mind shapes the apparently external world and what can be done to control -- or cease to control -- this shaping. A westernized philistine take on the non-duality of nouminon and phenomenon.

no·et·ic adj. Of, relating to, originating in, or apprehended by the intellect. [Greek noetikos, from noesis, understanding. See NOESIS.]

no·e·sis n. Psychology. The cognitive process; cognition. Greek noesis , understanding, from noein, to perceive, from nous, mind.]

nou·me·non n., pl. nou·me·na. Philosophy. 1. An object that can be intuited only by the intellect and not perceived by the senses. 2. An object independent of intellectual intuition of it or of sensuous perception of it. Also called thing-in-itself. 3. In the philosophy of Kant, an object, such as the soul, that cannot be known through perception, although its existence can be demonstrated. [German, from Greek noumenon, from neuter present middle participle of noein, to perceive by thought, from nous, mind.] -- nou·men·al adj.

phe·nom·e·non n., pl. phe·nom·e·na. 1. An occurrence, a circumstance, or a fact that is perceptible by the senses. 3. Philosophy. a. That which appears real to the mind, regardless of whether its underlying existence is proved or its nature understood. b. In Kantian philosophy, the appearance of an object to the mind as opposed to its existence in and of itself, independent of the mind. 4. Physics. An observable event. [Late Latin phaenomenon, from Greek phainomenon, from neuter present participle of phainesthai, to appear.]

USAGE NOTE: Phenomenon is the only singular form of this noun; phenomena is the usual plural.

Marty Zone

Home