Disambiguation evidence for thing-in-itself (noumenon) via surface form

"thing-in-itself"


As subject (48)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "thing-in-itself".

Predicate Object
associatedWithDoctrine distinction between noumena and phenomena
associatedWithDoctrine epistemic limits of human reason
belongsToPhilosophicalTradition German idealism
belongsToPhilosophicalTradition transcendental idealism
canBeThoughtBy pure reason
cannotBeKnownBy sensibility
cannotBeKnownBy theoretical cognition
cannotBeKnownBy understanding
coinedBy Immanuel Kant
contrastedWith appearance
contrastedWith phenomenon
criticizedBy Arthur Schopenhauer
criticizedBy Friedrich Nietzsche
criticizedBy G. W. F. Hegel
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
criticizedBy Johann Gottlieb Fichte
definedAs object as it is in itself, not as it appears to us
definedAs reality as it exists independently of human perception
describedInWork Critique of Pure Reason
distinguishedFrom empirical object
distinguishedFrom object of possible experience
epistemicStatusInKant unknowable by theoretical reason
firstMajorPublicationDateContext 1781 (first edition of Critique of Pure Reason)
hasAlternativeName Ding an sich
hasAlternativeName noumenon
hasDebatedStatus whether it is knowable in any sense
hasDebatedStatus whether it is self-contradictory in Kant’s system
inKantianEthics connected to idea of rational beings as ends in themselves
inKantianMetaphysics marks distinction between appearances and things as they are in themselves
influencedPhilosopher Arthur Schopenhauer
influencedPhilosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
influencedPhilosopher G. W. F. Hegel
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
influencedPhilosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte
instanceOf epistemological concept
instanceOf metaphysical concept
instanceOf philosophical concept
interpretedAs limiting concept marking the boundary of experience
interpretedAs metaphysical substrate of appearances
languageOfOrigin German
originalTerm Ding an sich
relatedConcept categories of understanding
relatedConcept forms of intuition
relatedConcept noumenal world
relatedConcept phenomenal world
relatedConcept space and time
relatedConcept transcendental idealism
revisedDiscussionIn 1787 (second edition of Critique of Pure Reason)
roleInKantianSystem grounds appearances without itself being an appearance
roleInKantianSystem limit concept for human cognition

As object (1)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "thing-in-itself".

Immanuel hasPhilosophicalConcept
"thing-in-itself"
↳ resolves to thing-in-itself (noumenon)
surface form: Immanuel Kant