cognition

noun
/kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/UK/kɔɡˈnɪʃ.ən//kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/US/kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/CA

Etymology

From Middle English cognicion, cognicioun from Latin cognitiō (“knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial”), from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”), from co- (“together”) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (“to know”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.

  1. derived from cognitiō
  2. inherited from cognicion

Definitions

  1. The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and…

    The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.

    • human cognition
    • social cognition
    • cognition research
  2. A result of a cognitive process.

  3. Knowledge

    Knowledge; awareness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cognition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at cognition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at cognition

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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