Definition of Noumena

1. Noun. (irregular plural of noumenon) ¹

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Definition of Noumena

1. noumenon [n] - See also: noumenon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noumena

nought
nought-withstanding
nought withstanding
noughted
noughth
noughting
noughts
noughts and crosses
noughtwithstanding
noul
nould
noulde
noule
noules
nouls
noumena (current term)
noumenal
noumenon
noun
noun-phrase
noun adjunct
noun adjuncts
noun clause
noun clauses
noun of multitude
noun phrase
noun phrases
nounal

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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