thing-in-itself
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Englisch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literal translation of the German Ding an sich.
Nomen
[edit]thing-in-itself (plural things-in-themselves)
- (from Kantian philosophy on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization oder perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.
- Synonym: noumenon
- Antonym: phenomenon
Translations
[edit]thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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References
[edit]- “thing-in-itself”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
thing-in-itself on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Wikidata:thing-in-itself