Noumenon
Noun | /noumenon/
In philosophy, a thing considered as it exists in itself, independently of how it is perceived.
Noumenon
Noun | /noumenon/
Advanced WordsVERY HARDIn philosophy, a thing considered as it exists in itself, independently of how it is perceived.
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"Kant distinguished the noumenon from the way an object appears to human observers. Means: Kant distinguished a thing as it exists in itself from the way people experience it."
"The lecture asked whether the noumenon can ever be known directly. Means: The lecture considered whether we can know a thing independently of our perception of it."
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A noumenon is the thing as it is in itself, not merely how it appears to us.
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