Epistemological psychology
The term episteme is related to the Greek word επιστήμη, which translates literally as "standing near or by that which causes" but is often simplified as "knowledge" or "science". By ignoring ego interests the core impetus or the essence of a deed, real or imagined, is recovered.
Institute of Noetic Sciences
The word "noetic" derives from the Greek "nous", meaning "mind or ways of knowing." Writing in "The Huffington Post", the Institute's director of research pointed to philosopher William James' 1902 definition of the word as: