thing-in-itself (noumenon)

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epistemological concept metaphysical concept philosophical concept

The thing-in-itself (noumenon) is Kant’s term for reality as it exists independently of human perception and experience, in contrast to the world of appearances (phenomena).

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
difference-in-itself 1
thing-in-itself 1
thing-in-itself (noumenon) canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epistemological concept ⓘ
metaphysical concept ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine distinction between noumena and phenomena ⓘ
epistemic limits of human reason ⓘ
belongsToPhilosophicalTradition German idealism ⓘ
transcendental idealism ⓘ
canBeThoughtBy pure reason ⓘ
cannotBeKnownBy sensibility ⓘ
theoretical cognition ⓘ
understanding ⓘ
coinedBy Immanuel Kant ⓘ
contrastedWith appearance ⓘ
phenomenon ⓘ
criticizedBy Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ
definedAs object as it is in itself, not as it appears to us ⓘ
reality as it exists independently of human perception ⓘ
describedInWork Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
distinguishedFrom empirical object ⓘ
object of possible experience ⓘ
epistemicStatusInKant unknowable by theoretical reason ⓘ
firstMajorPublicationDateContext 1781 (first edition of Critique of Pure Reason) ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ding an sich ⓘ
noumenon ⓘ
hasDebatedStatus whether it is knowable in any sense ⓘ
whether it is self-contradictory in Kant’s system ⓘ
influencedPhilosopher Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ
inKantianEthics connected to idea of rational beings as ends in themselves ⓘ
inKantianMetaphysics marks distinction between appearances and things as they are in themselves ⓘ
interpretedAs limiting concept marking the boundary of experience ⓘ
metaphysical substrate of appearances ⓘ
languageOfOrigin German ⓘ
originalTerm Ding an sich ⓘ
relatedConcept categories of understanding ⓘ
forms of intuition ⓘ
noumenal world ⓘ
phenomenal world ⓘ
space and time ⓘ
transcendental idealism ⓘ
revisedDiscussionIn 1787 (second edition of Critique of Pure Reason) ⓘ
roleInKantianSystem grounds appearances without itself being an appearance ⓘ
limit concept for human cognition ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Immanuel Kant → notableIdea → thing-in-itself (noumenon) ⓘ
Arthur Schopenhauer → hasPhilosophicalConcept → thing-in-itself (noumenon) ⓘ
this entity surface form: will (as thing-in-itself)
Immanuel → hasPhilosophicalConcept → thing-in-itself (noumenon) ⓘ
subject surface form: Immanuel Kant
this entity surface form: thing-in-itself
Transcendental Aesthetic → centralConcept → thing-in-itself (noumenon) ⓘ
this entity surface form: things in themselves (Dinge an sich)
Difference and Repetition → centralConcept → thing-in-itself (noumenon) ⓘ
this entity surface form: difference-in-itself