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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain go
the content of a particular field of knowledge

study, discipline, field, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, bailiwick go
a branch of knowledge

humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts go
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

philosophy
the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

noun.cognition

10 Subcategories

ethics, moral philosophy go
the philosophical study of moral values and rules
etiology, aetiology go
the philosophical study of causation
aesthetics, esthetics go
(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
axiology go
the study of values and value judgments
law, jurisprudence, legal philosophy go
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
metaphysics go
the philosophical study of being and knowing
dialectic go
any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
logic go
the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
epistemology go
the philosophical theory of knowledge
transcendentalism, transcendental philosophy go
any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material