noumenon

Definitions


[ˈnaʊmɪnɒn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Kantian philosophy) a thing as it is in itself, as distinct from a thing as it is knowable by the senses through phenomenal attributes


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Origin:
late 18th century: via German from Greek, literally ‘(something) conceived’, from noein ‘conceive, apprehend’




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