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Meaning of "noumenon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOUMENON

Via German from Greek: thing being thought of, from noein to think, perceive; related to nous mind.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NOUMENON

noumenon  [ˈnuːmɪnən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOUMENON

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Noumenon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NOUMENON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Noumenon

The noumenon /ˈnɒuːmɨnɒn/ is a posited object or event that is known without the use of the senses. The term is generally used in contrast with, or in relation to "phenomenon", which refers to anything that appears to, or is an object of, the senses. In Platonic philosophy, the noumenal realm was equated with the world of ideas known to the philosophical mind, in contrast to the phenomenal realm, which was equated with the world of sensory reality, known to the uneducated mind. Much of modern philosophy has generally been skeptical of the possibility of knowledge independent of the senses, and Immanuel Kant gave this point of view its classical version, saying that the noumenal world may exist, but it is completely unknowable to humans. In Kantian philosophy the unknowable noumenon is often linked to the unknowable "thing-in-itself", although how to characterize the nature of the relationship is a question yet open to some controversy.

Definition of noumenon in the English dictionary

The definition of noumenon in the dictionary is the object of a purely intellectual intuition.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NOUMENON


Canaan
ˈkeɪnən
Clendinnen
ˌklɛnˈdɪnən
Dunsinane
dʌnˈsɪnən
epiphenomenon
ˌɛpɪfɪˈnɒmɪnən
McKinnon
məˈkɪnən
phaenomenon
fɪˈnɒmɪnən
phenomenon
fɪˈnɒmɪnən
phi-phenomenon
ˈfaɪfɪˌnɒmɪnən
prolegomenon
ˌprəʊlɛˈɡɒmɪnən
Saarinen
ˈsɑːrɪnən
superphenomenon
ˈsuːpərfɪˌnɒmɪnən
underlinen
ˈʌndəˌlɪnən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOUMENON

nought
noughties
noughts and crosses
nould
noumena
noumenal
noumenalism
noumenalist
noumenality
noumenally
noun
noun clause
noun phrase
nounal
nounally
nounless
nouny
noup
nourice
nourish

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOUMENON

autokinetic phenomenon
figure-ground phenomenon
guenon
hapax legomenon
hebenon
Krishna Menon
Maintenon
Menon
paraleipomenon
paralipomenon
Parthenon
perispomenon
properispomenon
Simenon
tenon
theologoumenon
tusk tenon
xenon

Synonyms and antonyms of noumenon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «noumenon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOUMENON

Find out the translation of noumenon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of noumenon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «noumenon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

本体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

noúmeno
570 millions of speakers

English

noumenon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

noumenon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نومينون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ноумен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

númeno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাস্তবগুণ-রহিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

noumène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Noumenon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Noumenon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

noumenon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

noumenon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Noumenon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

noumenon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சூனியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नऊमेनन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

noumenon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

noumeno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Noumenon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ноумен
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

noumenon
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

νοούμενο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

noumenon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

noumenon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

noumenon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of noumenon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOUMENON»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOUMENON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about noumenon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOUMENON»

Discover the use of noumenon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to noumenon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Critical History of Western Philosophy
phenomena and noumena. For him noumena are as much objects of knowledge as phenomena. For reaching this result, Hegel has tried to show that the concept of the unknowable is self-contradictory. For Kant, 'noumenon' is only an empty ...
Y. Masih, 1999
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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kant and the Critique of ...
Thus noumena, if represented, are 'represented as they are', not 'as they appear' (A249—50), and the concepts of noumenon and thing in itself, if they refer, refer to the same things (this is made clear at e.g. B306, B310). They are, however ...
Sebastian Gardner, 2003
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The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-century Philosophy
Kant suggests that the fact that there is knowledge of my self as phenomenon or appearance means that I may be considered not only as phenomenon, but as noumenon. As noumenon, I am not an object of empirical knowledge. But certain  ...
Knud Haakonssen, 2006
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Exploratory Data Analysis Using Fisher Information
This has an elegant interpretation: Although the observer can never directly view a noumenon (Section 1.3), his observation of its phenomenon can carry as much information about it as is available. This allows him to infer the nature of the ...
Roy Frieden, Robert A. Gatenby, 2010
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The Essence of Other-Emptiness
Depending on how it used, sometimes the term "phenomena" includes the noumenon, and sometimes it does not, the latter being called "phenomena (chos) in the division of phenomena {chos) into phenomena (chos) and noumenon { chos ...
Taranatha, 2007
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Religious Truth and Religious Diversity
Next, Kant introduces the negative aspect of the noumenon: It by 'noumenon' we mean a thing so far as it is not an object of our sensible intuition, and so abstract from our mode of intuiting it, this is a noumenon in the negative sense of the term  ...
Nathan S. Hilberg, 2009
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Towards the Supernoumenon
To extrapolate the noumenon from the atom, on the other hand, would be to take a worldly, materialistic view of it commensurate with anthropomorphic predilections, of which ghosts, or the concept of bodily spirits, are among the best known.
John O'Loughlin, 2010
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Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations
The imagery used of gold/lion and water/wave suggests that the noumenon is more than just a mere negative, absence of intrinsic existence. The Chinese word li also carries with it a more positive connotation. One text, attributed to Dushun ...
Paul Williams, 2008
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From Kant to Davidson: Philosophy and the Idea of the ...
The positing of the noumenon follows from the very character of reason itself and from the necessity of the distinction, drawn on the basis of the whole Kantian transcendental structure, between the thing 'as it appears' and the thing 'in— ...
Jeff Malpas, 2003
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Kant: The Three Critiques
an unacceptable concept of a noumenon is identified in the B edition by referring to the former as the negative concept and the latter as the positive concept of the noumenon. To have a concept of a noumenon in the negative sense is to have ...
Andrew Ward, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOUMENON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term noumenon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Snakebird development, images and history
We had some downtime at Noumenon, a prototype to expand on and we wanted to try out unity. With that out of the way, here's a bunch of ... «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
2
What I learned about fasting
... and if the likes of Kant can spend a lifetime and come up with something as intellectually torturous as the Noumenon, I have long accepted I ... «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»
3
Maddening PC puzzler Snakebird is coming to mobile, one day
The terrific PC puzzle game Snakebird will be getting a mobile version, says developer Noumenon Games. Just, don't expect it any time soon ... «Pocket Gamer, Jun 15»
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Snakebird now out on Steam, 10% off for early birds
Noumenon Games is a 3 person strong studio founded in 2009 with its roots in the Swedish games industry. The studio is likely best known as ... «Gamasutra, May 15»
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Apple emoji go racially diverse
Noumenon. 1 / 5 (1) Feb 25, 2015. Politically correct people are the biggest morons in the world. Some PC dolt at Apple thinks emocons should ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
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The Key Ideas of Western Philosophy
... proposed a world understood by the senses (the phenomenon) yet underpinned by a reality independent of the senses that we cannot know (the noumenon). «Philosophy Now, Nov 14»
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Bear “Mantiis” Video Premiere (Exclusive)
“Mantiis” comes from the band's upcoming album Noumenon, which can be pre-ordered through Basick Records. BEARpicflat. Bear online: «Bloody Disgusting, Sep 14»
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Art Review: "The Opposite of Concrete"
"Menotomy 340" and "Noumenon 148," created in 1982 and 1987, respectively, each feature gracefully balanced, layered shapes. The first ... «Rochester City Newspaper, Sep 14»
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Dell unveils new ultra-thin tablet
Noumenon. 1 / 5 (2) Sep 17, 2014. Removable batteries and SD card slots solve only obsolete problems, and we will see them less and less ... «Phys.Org, Sep 14»
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New Business Update: Noumenon
Noumenon Print Studio and Gallery opened this month on 10th Street after workers spent four months renovating the space, which includes ... «Columbia Business Times, Jun 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Noumenon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/noumenon>. Apr 2024 ».
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