thing-in-itself
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literal translation of the German Ding an sich.
Noun
thing-in-itself (plural things-in-themselves)
- (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: noumenon
- Antonym: phenomenon
Translations
thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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References
- “thing-in-itself”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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