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Noumenon

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Noun

1. noumenon, thing-in-itself

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

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Noumenon

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noun plural -na (-nə)
1. 
(in the philosophy of Kant) a thing as it is in itself, not perceived or interpreted, incapable of being known, but only inferred from the nature of experience
Compare phenomenon (sense 3), See also thing-in-itself
2. 
the object of a purely intellectual intuition

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Noumenon

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nounWord forms: plural ˈnoumena (ˈnumənə ; no̅oˈmənə; ˈnaʊmənə ; nouˈmənə)
in Kantian philosophy, a thing as it is in itself, unable to be known through perception but postulated as the intelligible ground of a phenomenon
see also phenomenon

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Noumenon

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n. pl. nou·me·na (-nə)
In the philosophy of Kant, an object as it is in itself independent of the mind, as opposed to a phenomenon. Also called thing-in-itself.

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