thing-in-it·self (th?ng??n-?t-s?lf?)n. pl. things-in-them·selves (th?ngz??n-th?m-s?lvz?) Philosophy See noumenon.[Translation of German Ding an sich.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.thing-in-itself n (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Kant) an element of the noumenal rather than the phenomenal world, of which the senses give no knowledge but whose bare existence can be inferred from the nature of experience Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014thing?-in-itself? n., pl. things?-in-themselves?. (in Kantian philosophy) reality as it is apart from experience. Compare noumenon. [1650?60; translation of German Ding an sich] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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nou·me·non (no?o?m?-n?n?)n. pl. nou·me·na (-n?) In the philosophy of Kant, an object as it is in itself independent of the mind, as opposed to a phenomenon. Also called thing-in-itself.[German, from Greek nooumenon, from neuter present passive participle of noein, to perceive by thought, from nous, mind.]nou?men·al (-m?-n?l) adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.noumenon (?nu?m?n?n; ?na?-) n, pl -na (-n?) 1. (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Kant) a thing as it is in itself, not perceived or interpreted, incapable of being known, but only inferred from the nature of experience. Compare phenomenon3 See also thing-in-itself2. (Philosophy) the object of a purely intellectual intuition[C18: via German from Greek: thing being thought of, from noein to think, perceive; related to nous mind] ?noumenal adj ?noumenalism n ?noumenalist n, adj ?noume?nality n ?noumenally advCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014nou?me?non (?nu m??n?n) n., pl. -na (-n?). something that can be the object only of a purely intellectual, nonsensuous intuition. [1790?1800;