Noumenon vs. Phenomenon

Noumenonnoun

|_|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.

Noumenonnoun

The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; - so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.

Noumenonnoun

the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception

Noumenon

In philosophy, a noumenon (, UK also ; from Greek: νoούμενον; plural noumena) is a posited object or event that exists independently of human sense and/or perception. The term noumenon is generally used in contrast with, or in relation to, the term phenomenon, which refers to any object of the senses.

Phenomenonnoun

A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

Phenomenonnoun

(extension) A knowable thing or event (eg by inference, especially in science).

Phenomenonnoun

(metonymy) A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).

Phenomenonnoun

Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.

Phenomenonnoun

A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.

Phenomenonnoun

A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.

Phenomenonnoun

An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).

Phenomenonnoun

An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory.

Phenomenonnoun

That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.

Phenomenonnoun

any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning

Phenomenonnoun

a remarkable development

Phenomenon

A phenomenon (Greek: φαινόμενον, romanized: phainómenon, lit. 'thing appearing to view'; plural phenomena) is an observable fact or event. The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant, who contrasted it with the noumenon, which cannot be directly observed.