noumenal

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Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves

When Kant says that it is impossible to know anything about, or apply any categories to, the noumenal realm, he would seem to be doing just what cannot be done.

Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; opposed to phenomenal
noumenon
In the philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and those whom he influenced, a thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind; a thing-in-itself, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable

That, we have seen, is what prevents the two truths from collapsing into an appearance/reality or phenomenon/noumenon distinction.

noumenon
the name given to a thing when it is viewed as a transcendent object The term 'negative noumenon' refers only to the recognition of someè² hing which is not an object of sensible intuition, while 'positive noumenon' refers to the (quite mistaken) attempt to know such a thing as an empirical object These two terms are sometimes used loosely as synonyms for 'transcendental object' and 'thing in itself', respectively (Cf phenomenon )
noumenon
In the philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and those whom he influenced, a thing as it is independently of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind; a thing-in-itself, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable
noumenon
the name given to a thing when it is viewed as a transcendent object The term 'negative noumenon' refers only to the recognition of something which is not an object of sensible intuition, while 'positive noumenon' refers to the (quite mistaken) attempt to know such a thing as an empirical object These two terms are sometimes used loosely as synonyms for 'transcendental object' and 'thing in itself', respectively (Cf phenomenon )
noumenon
n That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only be a process of reasoning -- which is a phenomenon Nevertheless, the discovery and exposition of noumena offer a rich field for what Lewes calls "the endless variety and excitement of philosophic thought " Hurrah (therefore) for the noumenon!
noumenon
the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
noumenon
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
noumenal

    Hyphenation

    nou·me·nal

    Antonyms

    phenomenal

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    Etymology

    [ 'nü-m&-"nän ] (noun.) 1796. German, from Greek nooumenon that which is apprehended by thought, from neuter of present passive particle of noein to think, conceive, from nous mind.
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