| Term |
cognition
Referenced by: cognize (alternative term) |
|---|---|
| Tibetan | shes-pa |
| Sanskrit | |
| Pali | |
| Definition | (1) The act of cognizing or knowing something, but without necessarily knowing what it is or what it means. It may be either valid or invalid, conceptual or nonconceptual . This is the most general term for knowing something. (2) The "package" of a primary consciousness, its accompanying mental factors (subsidiary awarenesses), and the cognitive object shared by all of them. According to some systems, a cognition also includes reflexive awareness. |
| Arabic | الإدراك |
|---|---|
| German | Wahrnehmung |
| French | cognition |
| Italian | cognizione |
| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | consciousness; cognition; mind; knower; knowledge; to know; realize; understand; cognize |
| Russian | познание |