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noumenon

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Noumenon  \Nou"me*non\,  n.  [NL.  fr  Gr  ?  the  thing  perceived,  p. 
  pr  pass.  of  ?  to  perceive,  ?  the  mind.]  (Metaph.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  noumenon 
  n  :  the  intellectual  conception  of  a  thing  as  it  is  in  itself 
  not  as  it  is  known  through  perception  [syn:  {thing-in-itself}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  NOUMENON,  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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