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ideatum

American  
[ahy-dee-ey-tuhm, ee-dee-] / ˌaɪ diˈeɪ təm, ˌi di- /

noun

plural

ideata
  1. (in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.


ideatum British  
/ ˌaɪdɪˈeɪtəm /

noun

  1. philosophy the objective reality with which human ideas are supposed to correspond

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Etymology

Origin of ideatum

1700–10; < New Latin ideātum, equivalent to Latin ide ( a ) idea + -ātum, neuter of -ātus -ate 1

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Similarly, the ideatum divides into what is mere fancy, the psychical, and what is objectively valid, the physical.

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Datum and ideatum come first, psychical and physical next in order.

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It is a specification that emerges, correspondently, in both datum and ideatum, as affairs of the direction of logical movement.

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The unquestioned element is the datum; the uncertain element, the ideatum.

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