noetic
Purely of thought
Noetic relates to the mind, intellect, or processes of knowing and understanding.
The term appears primarily in philosophy and cognitive science to describe mental or intellectual activity, particularly the kind that involves pure reason or intuition rather than sensory experience.
Noetic experiences are those involving direct insight or understanding.
The word occasionally surfaces in discussions of consciousness and mystical or transcendent states of knowing.
It remains fairly obscure outside academic contexts.
State of sentient awareness
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
understanding · perception · comprehension · knowledge · analysis · logic · judgment · mentality
Sudden profound insight
- illuminationProvision of light
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- realizationGrasping what's true
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
satori · enlightenment · understanding · clarity · discernment · perspicacity · wisdom · apprehension
Theory of knowledge
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
rationalism · skepticism · justification · belief · truth · certainty · inquiry · verification
Focused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- presenceState of being somewhere
attention · focus · centering · stillness · reflection · awareness · consciousness · absorption
Instinctive immediate understanding
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
foresight · insight · prescience · contemplation · introspection · tacit knowledge · implicit understanding
Study of fundamental truths
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- transcendentalismIntuition-based idealist philosophy
neoplatonism · logos · dialectic · theoretical · speculative · abstract · scholastic · hermeneutics
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
thought · understanding · perception · comprehension · knowledge · analysis · logic · judgment · mentality · synthesis
epiphany
Sudden profound insight
- illuminationProvision of light
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- realizationGrasping what's true
gnosis · satori · enlightenment · understanding · clarity · discernment · perspicacity · wisdom · apprehension · awakening
epistemology
Theory of knowledge
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- gnosisExperiential sacred understanding
- understandingMental comprehension of something
empiricism · rationalism · skepticism · justification · belief · truth · certainty · inquiry · verification · a priori
meditation
Focused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
presence · attention · focus · centering · stillness · reflection · awareness · consciousness · absorption · concentration
intuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
premonition · foresight · insight · prescience · contemplation · introspection · tacit knowledge · implicit understanding
philosophy
Study of fundamental truths
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
transcendentalism · neoplatonism · logos · dialectic · theoretical · speculative · abstract · scholastic · hermeneutics · theosophy