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Noetic vs Noematic - What's the difference?

noetic | noematic |

As adjectives the difference between noetic and noematic

is that noetic is of or pertaining to the mind or intellect while noematic is (obsolete) of or relating to the understanding.

As a noun noetic

is the science of the intellect.

noetic

English

(wikipedia noetic)

Alternative forms

* noetick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect.
  • Originating in or apprehended by reason.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The science of the intellect.
  • A purely intellectual entity.

    • Anagrams

    *

    noematic

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of or relating to the understanding.
  • * 1996 Seisaku Yamamoto and Robert E. Carter, Translation of 's Rinrigaku :
    • Words are the furnace by means of which merely subjective connections made by individual human beings are converted into noematic meanings.
    (Cudworth)

    Related terms

    * (Webster 1913)