NOUMENON

noumenon, thing-in-itself

(noun) the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

noumenon (plural noumena)

(from Kantian philosophy on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

Synonym: thing-in-itself

Antonym: phenomenon

Source: Wiktionary


Nou"me*non, n. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. (Metaph.)

Definition: The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the Ant: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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