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Record 1 2005-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
DEF

An object of purely rational apprehension as opposed to an object of perception (from Gr. nooumenon, that which is conceived).

CONT

God, angel, soul, Utopia.

OBS

Kant's alternative term for a thing-in-itself, which we could never be acquainted with, or even in any way know what it was like.

Key term(s)
  • thing-in-itself

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
DEF

Chez Kant, objet de l'entendement, correspondant à une intuition non sensible, par opposition au phénomène, objet d'une intuition sensible. (du grec nooumena).

CONT

Les images sensibles, en tant qu'on les pense à titre d'objets suivant l'unité des catégories, s'appellent phénomènes (phaenomens) [...] Les choses qui sont des objets de l'entendement [...] il faudrait les appeler des noumènes (intelligibilia).

CONT

Chez Kant, noumène désigne les choses en soi en tant qu'elles sont pensées.

Key term(s)
  • choses en soi

Spanish

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