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Noema (plural: noemata) is Greek for the meaning of something. It is the mental equivalent of a schema
Schema (psychology)

A schema , in psychology and cognitive science, is a mental structure that represents some aspect of the world. Schemata were initially introduced into psychology and education through the work of the British psychologist Sir Frederic Bartlett ....
 or schematic
Schematic

A schematic is a diagram that represents the elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures. A schematic usually omits all details that are not relevant to the information the schematic is intended to convey, and may add unrealistic elements that aid comprehension....
 of something. It is the "representation" of an experience of a meaning based system through its own self-referential process. It could also be considered as the projection of one's own experience onto oneself.

Noema is employed in phenomenology
Phenomenology

Phenomenology is a philosophical method developed in the early years of the twentieth century by Edmund Husserl and a circle of followers at the universities of G?ttingen and Munich in Germany....
 to refer to the terminus of an intention as given for consciousness
Consciousness

Consciousness is a difficult term to define, because the word is used and understood in a wide variety of ways, so that it frequently happens that what one person sees as a definition of consciousness is seen by others as about something else altogether....
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Noema (plural: noemata) is Greek for the meaning of something. It is the mental equivalent of a schema
Schema (psychology)

A schema , in psychology and cognitive science, is a mental structure that represents some aspect of the world. Schemata were initially introduced into psychology and education through the work of the British psychologist Sir Frederic Bartlett ....
 or schematic
Schematic

A schematic is a diagram that represents the elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures. A schematic usually omits all details that are not relevant to the information the schematic is intended to convey, and may add unrealistic elements that aid comprehension....
 of something. It is the "representation" of an experience of a meaning based system through its own self-referential process. It could also be considered as the projection of one's own experience onto oneself.

Noema is employed in phenomenology
Phenomenology

Phenomenology is a philosophical method developed in the early years of the twentieth century by Edmund Husserl and a circle of followers at the universities of G?ttingen and Munich in Germany....
 to refer to the terminus of an intention as given for consciousness
Consciousness

Consciousness is a difficult term to define, because the word is used and understood in a wide variety of ways, so that it frequently happens that what one person sees as a definition of consciousness is seen by others as about something else altogether....
. The mind breaks down external experiences into what we know as external reality. Noesis
Noesis

Noesis is a Greek word meaning understanding as "the ability to sense or know something, immediately".In Phenomenology , it is an act of consciousness....
 is the "thinking" process in such a manner that detects the meaning of the object itself (noema). It is the intentional thinking act which is directed upon the noema. In contrast to noesis (ability to sense or know something immediately), a noema is the object itself of perception or thought.

Something noetic has to do with something involving intellectual activity (from the Greek nous
Nous

Nous is a philosophical term for mind or intellect. Outside of a philosophical context, it is used, in English, to denote "common sense," with a different pronunciation ....
, "mind"). One can speak of the noetic faculty as the "intellect proper." Another Greek word for mind is novhma (noema), which translates as mental thought or perception: that which thinks of an idea
Idea

An idea is a form formed by consciousness through the process of Ideation . Human capability to contemplate ideas is associated with the ability of reasoning, human self-reflection, and of the ability to acquire and apply intellect, intuition, inspiration, etc.....
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There is a noema corresponding to every act of memory, expectation, and representation. Noema is in the OED, which has shown its use for more than three centuries. It first was used in English in the field of rhetoric
Rhetoric

Rhetoric is the art of using language as a means to persuade. Along with logic and dialectic, rhetoric is one of the three ancient arts of discourse....
 to denote "a figure of speech whereby something stated obscurely is nevertheless intended to be understood or worked out." In other words, a noema in rhetoric is obscure speech or speech that only yields meaning upon detailed reflection.

Peacham's 1577 Garden of Eloquence used it this way,
"Noema, when we doe signify some thing so privily that the hearers must be fayne to seeke out the meaning by long consideration."


See also

  • Noesis
    Noesis

    Noesis is a Greek word meaning understanding as "the ability to sense or know something, immediately".In Phenomenology , it is an act of consciousness....
  • Phenomenology
    Phenomenology

    Phenomenology is a philosophical method developed in the early years of the twentieth century by Edmund Husserl and a circle of followers at the universities of G?ttingen and Munich in Germany....