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Phenomenology vs Cognition - What's the difference?

phenomenology | cognition |

As nouns the difference between phenomenology and cognition

is that phenomenology is (philosophy) a philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings while cognition is the process of knowing.

phenomenology

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

  • (philosophy) A philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings.
  • (philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by .
  • Derived terms

    * heterophenomenology * phenomenological * phenomenologically * phenomenological reduction * phenomenologist * postphenomenology * postphenomenological English words suffixed with -ology

    cognition

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cognition)
  • The process of knowing.
  • (countable) A result of a cognitive process.
  • Derived terms

    * precognition

    Anagrams

    * incognito