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| + | ==Origin== |
| + | The original notion appears to have been ‘internal [[sight]]’, i.e. with the [[eyes of the mind]] or [[understanding]] (see in adv. 12c). Compare the same use of in- in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''inwit'' (sometimes an equivalent of insight ), and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''inȝehyȝd'' , ''inȝeþanc'' , etc. But subsequently there arose a tendency to [[analyze]] the [[word]] as [[sight]] or seeing into a [[thing]] or subject, although even so there usually remained the notion of [[penetrating]] into things or seeing beneath their [[surface]] with the eyes of the [[understanding]]. |
| + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Insight''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Insight this link].</center> |
| + | ==Definitions== |
| # A sight or view of the [[interiority|interior]] of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into. | | # A sight or view of the [[interiority|interior]] of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into. |
| # Power of acute observation and [[deduction]]; penetration; discernment; [[perception]]. | | # Power of acute observation and [[deduction]]; penetration; discernment; [[perception]]. |
| # ''In Marketing'': Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers. | | # ''In Marketing'': Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers. |
| + | ==Description== |
| + | '''Insight''' is the [[understanding]] of [[cause]] and effect in a specific [[context]]. Insight can be used with several related [[meanings]]: |
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| + | *a piece of [[information]] |
− | | + | *the [[act]] or result of [[understanding]] the inner nature of [[things]] or of seeing intuitively in [[Greek]] called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noesis noesis] |
− | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Insight''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Insight this link].</center>
| + | *an [[introspection]] |
| + | *the [[power]] of acute [[observation]] and [[deduction]], penetration, [[discernment]], perception called intellection or noesis |
| + | *an [[understanding]] of [[cause]] and [[effect]] based on identification of [[relationships]] and behaviors within a model, [[context]], or scenario |
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| + | An insight that [[manifests]] itself suddenly, such as [[understanding]] how to solve a [[difficult]] [[problem]], is sometimes called by the German word [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect Aha-Erlebnis]. The term was coined by the German psychologist and theoretical linguist Karl Bühler. It is also known as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(feeling) epiphany]. |
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| + | [[Category: Psychology]] |
| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |