Noema

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 * Definition:: ** The object or content of a thought, judgment or perception.


 * Origin:: ** Greek


 * See also:: ** [|Noesis]

Definition taken from (merriam-webster.com).


 * Examples ** from text:

1) In //Story of an Hour//, Louise has just received news that her husband has died. She looks forward to her life without her husband, and imagines what it will be like.  absolutely.”
 * “But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her
 * “There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself.”
 * “Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own.”
 * These quotations from the story describe the content behind Louise’s thoughts of her future life. This perception of the future is considered a noema, since it is a thought experienced through the mind of Louise.

2) In the short story by Edgar Allen Poe, //The Cask of Amontillado//, Montressor is obsessed with revenge. He vows to avenge Fortunado, and has been conjuring up an exact plan in which he will be able to carry this out. Montressor's thoughts are considered a noema, as their content contains specifications of how he plots to avenge Fortunado. He eventually acts on his plan that he has thought out in his mind. He lures Fortunado into his underground vault, gets him intoxicated, ties him up, and buries him alive.
 * "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled -- but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong."

3) In the short story by Jorge Luis Borges, Tlon Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, an old encyclopedia reveals the history and philosophy behind a new third planet. The characters in the story conduct more research in an attempt to find out more information about Uqbar. This research allows the characters to develop a specific idea of this peculiar place, which is considered a noema, as it is the content of their perception.

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