noumenon

== English == === Etymology === From German Noumenon, from Ancient Greek νοούμενον (nooúmenon, “thing that is known”), passive present participle of νοέω (noéō, “I know”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnuːmənɒn/, /ˈnaʊmənɒn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnumənɑn/ === Noun === noumenon (plural noumena) (from Kantian philosophy on) 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. Synonym: thing-in-itself Antonym: phenomenon ==== Derived terms ==== noumenism noumenology ==== Related terms ==== noumenal ==== Translations ==== === References === “noumenon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “noumenon”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “noumenon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. William Turner (1911), “philosophy of Immanuel Kant”, in The Catholic Encyclopedia‎[1], New York: Robert Appleton Company Simon Blackburn (1996), The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford University Press Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989 Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987–1996 Dagobert D. Runes (ed.) (1962), Dictionary of Philosophy, Philosophical Library, page 215 === Further reading === noumenon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Noumenon. Doublet of noumen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔwˈmɛ.nɔn/ Rhymes: -ɛnɔn Syllabification: nou‧me‧non === Noun === noumenon m inan (Kantian philosophy) noumenon, thing-in-itself (thing as it is independent of any conceptualization) Synonyms: noumen, rzecz sama w sobie (Platonic philosophy) noumenon (essence of a thing, as opposed to a phenomenon, knowable only by reason) Synonym: noumen ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === noumenon in Polish dictionaries at PWN