cognition

cognition
(kog-ni-sion) s. f.
Terme de philosophie. Acte intellectuel par lequel on acquiert une connaissance.
   Ces hommes sages qui avaient jeté un regard savant sur la nature de la cognition humaine...., VILLERS Kant, p. 59.
   Le problème premier et par conséquent fondamental de la métaphysique est de livrer une bonne et scientifique théorie de la cognition humaine, d'expliquer comment l'homme connaît...., VILLERS ib. p. 64.
   Provenç. cognicio ; anc. espagn. cognicion ; ital. cognizione ; du latin cognitionem, de cognoscere (voy. connaître).

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