Definition of Noumenal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed to phenomenal.

Definition of Noumenal

1. Adjective. (context: philosophy especially Kantianism) Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves. ¹

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Definition of Noumenal

1. noumenon [adj] - See also: noumenon

Medical Definition of Noumenal

1. Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; opposed to phenomenal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noumenal

nought-withstanding
nought withstanding
noughted
noughth
noughting
noughts
noughts and crosses
noughtwithstanding
noul
nould
noulde
noule
noules
nouls
noumena
noumenal (current term)
noumenon
noun
noun-phrase
noun adjunct
noun adjuncts
noun clause
noun clauses
noun of multitude
noun phrase
noun phrases
nounal
nounally

Literary usage of Noumenal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Psychology and Education: A Text-book for High Schools, Normal by Joseph Baldwin (1889)
"noumenal-perception is our power to intuitively behold the noumenal world. This power is known by the following and still other ..."

2. Ethics and Natural Law: A Reconstructive Review of Moral Philosophy Applied by George Lansing Raymond (1920)
"... of Right and Wrong—Critical Philosophy of Kant— His Distinction between the noumenal and the Phenomenal— Distinction between Kant's Intuitive Theory and ..."

3. A Study of Religion, Its Sources and Contents by James Martineau (1888)
"Nor is the advantage which Schelling hoped to secure by converting the essence ( Wesen) of the noumenal Ego from Being (todies ..."

4. Some Thoughts on Catholic Apologetics: A Plea for Interpretation by Edward Ingram Watkin (1915)
"C. Modern thought is relative and phenomenal, Catholic teaching is absolute and noumenal. In other words, modern thought tends to regard absolute truth as ..."

5. Epistemology; Or, The Theory of Knowledge: An Introduction to General by Peter Coffey (1917)
"Either there is no real relation between the two domains, the noumenal domain ... If there is none such, if free volition is confined to the noumenal world, ..."

6. The Duty of Altruism by Ray Madding McConnell (1910)
"In fact, he is not free as regards himself, neither as regards other beings, neither as regards his noumenal self. It does not depend upon him to modify ..."

7. Fundamental Problems: The Method of Philosophy as a Systematic Arrangement by Paul Carus (1891)
"... nevertheless not seek in them eternal existences, or absolute entities, as did Plato, in his 'Ideas.' v. THE ONENESS OF THE PHENOMENAL AND THE noumenal. ..."

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