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noumenon
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noumenon (n`mənŏn'), in the philosophical system of Immanuel Kant Kant, Immanuel (ĭmän`
..... Click the link for more information. , a "thing-in-itself"; it is opposed to phenomenon phenomenon, an observable fact or event; in philosophy the definitions and uses of the term have varied. In the philosophy of Aristotle phenomena were the objects of the senses (e.g., sights and sounds), as opposed to the real objects understood by the mind.
..... Click the link for more information. , the thing that appears to us. Noumena are the basic realities behind all sensory experience. According to Kant, they are not knowable because they cannot be perceived, but they must be thinkable because moral decision making and scientific investigation cannot proceed without the assumption that they exist.
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