Noumenon
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| - | The '''noumenon''' (plural: noumena) classically refers to an object of human inquiry, understanding or [[cognition]]. It is an object as it is in itself independent of the mind. | + | The '''noumenon''' is a posited object or event that is known (if at all) without the use of the [[senses]]. The term is generally used in contrast with, or in relation to "[[Phenomena (philosophy)|phenomenon]]", which refers to anything that appears to, or is an [[Object (philosophy)|object]] of, [[the senses]]. In [[Platonic philosophy]], the noumenal realm was equated with the [[Theory of Forms|world of ideas]] known to the philosophical mind, in contrast to the phenomenal realm, which was equated with the world of sensory reality, known to the uneducated mind. Much of modern philosophy has generally been skeptical of the possibility of knowledge independent of the senses, and [[Immanuel Kant]] gave this point of view its classical version, saying that the noumenal world may exist, but it is completely unknowable to humans. In Kantian philosophy the unknowable noumenon is often linked to the unknowable "thing-in-itself" (''Ding an sich'', which could also be rendered as "thing-as-such" or "thing ''per se''"), although how to characterize the nature of the relationship is a question yet open to some controversy. |
| - | In the philosophy of [[Immanuel Kant]] (1724-1804) and those whom he [[influence]]d, a thing as it is [[independent]] of any [[conceptualization]] or [[perception]] by the [[human]] [[mind]]; a [[thing-in-itself]], [[postulate]]d by practical [[reason]] but existing in a condition which is [[in principle]] [[unknowable]] and [[unexperienceable]]. | ||
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| - | The term is generally used in contrast with, or in relation to, "[[Phenomena (philosophy)|phenomenon]]" (plural: phenomena), which refers to appearances, or [[Object (philosophy)|object]]s of [[the senses]]. A ''phenomenon'' is that which is perceived; A ''noumenon'' is the actual object that emits the phenomenon in question. | ||
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| - | It may be further contrasted with the [[perception]] and processing of a phenomenon in the [[human mind]], storing it as a [[meme]]. | ||
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The noumenon is a posited object or event that is known (if at all) without the use of the senses. The term is generally used in contrast with, or in relation to "phenomenon", which refers to anything that appears to, or is an object of, the senses. In Platonic philosophy, the noumenal realm was equated with the world of ideas known to the philosophical mind, in contrast to the phenomenal realm, which was equated with the world of sensory reality, known to the uneducated mind. Much of modern philosophy has generally been skeptical of the possibility of knowledge independent of the senses, and Immanuel Kant gave this point of view its classical version, saying that the noumenal world may exist, but it is completely unknowable to humans. In Kantian philosophy the unknowable noumenon is often linked to the unknowable "thing-in-itself" (Ding an sich, which could also be rendered as "thing-as-such" or "thing per se"), although how to characterize the nature of the relationship is a question yet open to some controversy.
See also
- Anatta
- Haecceity
- Hypokeimenon
- Phenomenon
- Schopenhauer's criticism of the Kantian philosophy
- Transcendental idealism
- Unobservables
- The Void (philosophy)
