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Antonyms for noumena

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noo-muh-non
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnu məˌnɒn

Definition of noumena

Origin :
  • 1796, "object of intellectual intuition" (opposed to a phenomenon), term introduced by Kant, from Greek noumenon "that which is perceived," neuter passive present participle of noein "to apprehend, perceive by the mind" (from noos "mind"). With passive suffix -menos.
  • As in soul : noun psyche, inspiration, energy
Example sentences :
  • Aries Tottle's mode, in a word, was based on noumena; Hog's on phenomena.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Does Mr. Mill really suppose that all noumena are self-existent?
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of the Conditioned » by H. L. Mansel
  • There is the world of appearance (phenomena), and there is the world of reality or substance (noumena).
  • Extract from : « Theism or Atheism » by Chapman Cohen
  • We may begin with the passages in the chapter on phenomena and noumena.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • All noumena are there before we arrive at an understanding of them.
  • Extract from : « The Unthinking Destroyer » by Roger Phillips
  • The difficulty arises from a confusion between the spheres of phenomena and noumena.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 » by Various
  • Positive science deals only with phenomena, yet you are foolish enough to strive to be ontologists and to deal with noumena.
  • Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
  • Nor have we any right to reason from phenomena to noumena, or to say that the former authenticate the latter.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX. » by Various
  • Though it reappears in the chapter on phenomena and noumena, it does so in a passage which Kant excised in the second edition.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • We may not therefore assert the existence of noumena, but we must none the less form to ourselves the concept of them.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith

Synonyms for noumena

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