Gnosiology
Gnosiology (study of knowledge), a term of 18th cen- makes the study and origin of gnosis and gnosiology the
tury aesthetics, is the philosophy of knowledge and study of the intuitive and or instinctual.
cognition.[1] The term is currently used mainly in regard
to Eastern Christianity.[2]
1 Etymology
The term is derived from the Ancient Greek words
gnosis (knowledge, ) and logos (word or dis-
course, ). Linguistically, one might compare it
to epistemology, which is derived from the Greek words
episteme (certain knowledge) and logos.
2 Aesthetics
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (17141762) introduced
the term gnosiology in conjunction with his eorts in
the eld of aesthetics.[3] The term gnosiology is not well
known today, although found in Baldwins (1906) Dictio-
nary of Psychology and Philosophy.[4] The Encyclopdia
Britannica (1911) remarks that The term Gnosiology has
not, however, come into general use. (See Philosophy.)".
3 Eastern Orthodox theology
The term gnosiology (Modern Greek: ) [4] William Warren Philosophical dimensions of personal
is used more commonly in Greek than in English.
As a philosophical concept, gnosiology broadly means
the theory of knowledge, which in ancient Greek phi-
losophy was perceived as a combination of sensory
perception and intellect and then made into memory
(called the mnemonic system). When considered in
the context of science, gnosiology takes on a dier-
ent meaning: the study of knowledge, its origin, pro-
cesses, and validity. Gnosiology being the study of
types of knowledge i.e. memory (abstract knowledge de-
rived from experimentation being "episteme" or teach-
able knowledge), experience induction (or empiricism),
deduction (or rationalism), scientic abductive reason-
ing, contemplation (theoria), metaphysical and instinc-
tual or intuitive knowledge. Gnosiology is focused on
the study of the noesis and noetic components of human
ontology.[5][6]
Within gnosiology, gnosis is derived by noesis.[7] Noesis
refers to the experiences or activities of the nous. This
4 See also
Anosognosia
Aseity
Epistemology
Gnosology
George Metallinos
5 References
[1] http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/
gnosiology
[2] John Meyendor Christ in Eastern Christian thought 1975
p. 77: The classical book on Eastern Christian gnosiol-
ogy is by V. Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern
Church (London: James Clarke, 1957)".
[3] On actions, products and other topics in philosophy 1999
p. 183 (ed. Kazimierz Twardowski, Johannes Brandl, Jan
Woleski).
construct psychology 1998 p24 This term, gnosiology, is
less well known today and a likely source for the descrip-
tion is Baldwins (1906/1960) Dictionary of Psychology
and Philosophy.
[5] The Illness and Cure of the Soul by Metropolitan
Hierotheos of Nafpaktos.
[6] Theologys academic classication among the theoretical
sciences or arts began in the 12th century in the west and
is due to the shift of theology into metaphysics. There-
fore, those in the East who condemn our own theology,
demonstrate their Westernization, since they, essentially,
condemn and reject a disgured caricature of what they
regard as theology. But what is the noetic function? In
the Holy Scriptures there is, already, the distinction be-
tween the spirit of man (his nous) and the intellect (the
logos or mind). The spirit of man in patristics is called
nous to distinguish it from the Holy Spirit. The spirit, the
nous, is the eye of the soul (see Matt. 6:226). Rev. Prof.
George Metallinos at University of Athens Greece
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[7] Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite, The Philokalia, Macmil-

lan, 1983, p. 432: intellection (nosis): not an abstract
concept or a visual image, but the act or function of the
intellect. whereby it apprehends spiritual realities in a di-
rect manner.

6 External links
Faith And Science In Orthodox Gnosiology and
Methodology, Rev. Prof. George Metallinos at
University of Athens, Greece
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