thing-in-itself
Noun
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Noun
thing-in-itself
- (from Immanuel Kant philosophy on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.
- Synonyms: noumenon
- Antonyms: phenomenon
- French: chose en soi
- German: Ding an sich, Ding-an-sich
- Italian: cosa in sé
- Portuguese: coisa-em-si, coisa em si
- Russian: вещь в себе́
- Spanish: cosa en sí
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