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Definition of Noumena
1. noumenon [n] - See also: noumenon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noumena
Literary usage of Noumena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Philosophy from Thales to Comte by George Henry Lewes (1867)
"In doing this he applies to noumena the category or conception of existence.
He affirms that they really exist; thus applying to them the category of ..."
2. Kant's Critical Philosophy for English Readers by Immanuel Kant, John Pentland Mahaffy, John Henry Bernard (1889)
"How is it, then, that the belief in noumena has arisen ? And yet this belief is
an old and well-established one in philosophy. We here prefer to follow the ..."
3. Primer of Philosophy by Paul Carus (1893)
"Their abstract nature being recognised, we have ceased to regard noumena as
metaphysical essences or mysterious beings. They are no longer substantiated. ..."
4. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (1901)
"... OR ANALYTIC OF PRINCIPLES CHAPTER III OF THE GROUND OF THE DIVISION OF ALL
OBJECT3 INTO PHENOMENA AND noumena We have now not only traversed the region ..."
5. Kant and His English Critics: A Comparison of Critical and Empirical Philosophy by John Watson (1881)
"The use of the terms phenomena and noumena by Mr. Spencer, and the superficial
resemblance of the two views, are no doubt responsible for the identification ..."
6. Scientific Theism by Francis Ellingwood Abbot (1885)
"Self-existent representations, or phenomena-in-them- selves, are strictly
indistinguishable from noumena, or things-in-themselves. ..."
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