Meaning of noumenon | Babel Free
ˈnuːmənɒnDefinitions
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.
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Examples
“The final result⟳ of Kant's philosophy, expressed in the concisest terms, was the proposition, so humiliating to human cognition, but, at the same time, so fertile in consequences, that we can know⟳ only phenomena, or the outward appearances of things, but not the noumenon, or the thing in itself.”
“We have⟳ no specific concept of the noumenon, but think⟳ of it merely as whatever the object may be apart from the manner in which our knowledge exhibits it.”
“That, we have⟳ seen, is what prevents the two truths from collapsing into an appearance/reality or phenomenon/noumenon distinction.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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