noumenon
noumenon
Definition
nou·me·non (no̵̅o̅′mə nän′, no̵u′-)
noun pl. -·mena--nə
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
Etymology: Ger < Gr nooumenon, neut. of noumenos, prp. pass. of noein, to perceive < nous, noos, the mind
nou′·me·nal adjective
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