Thesaurus: noumenon

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1. n. The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.
2. n. the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
3. The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the Ant: phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.
4. The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thingin itself, which is distinguished from the Ant: phenomenon throughwhich it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpretedand understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and hisfollowers.
5. n. the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception