Noumenon
[nauminәn]
Definition
(noun.) the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception.
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Definition
(n.) The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.
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Definition
n. an unknown and unknowable substance or thing as it is in itself—opp. to Phenomenon or the form through which it becomes known to the senses or the understanding:—pl. Nou′mena.—adj. Nou′menal.
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n. That which exists as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only be a process of reasoning—which is a phenomenon. Nevertheless the discovery and exposition of noumena offer a rich field for what Lewes calls 'the endless variety and excitement of philosophic thought. ' Hurrah (therefore) for the noumenon!
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