noumenal
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of noumenal
First recorded in 1795–1805; noumen(on) + -al 1
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Still, we can neither know the absolute nor the noumenal for the reason that our mind is limited to relations.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
For practical purposes, it must be admitted that the inward possession of such a noumenal libertine does not amount to much for people whose actual existence is made up of nothing but definitely regulated phenomena.
From Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Huxley, Thomas Henry
Comte was never willing to face the fact that the very existence of knowledge has a noumenal as well as a phenomenal side.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell
But with the rejection of Kant's noumenal world, the critical method assumed a different import.
From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas
It is not to be conceived of as anything occult or noumenal, but merely as a special mode of the uniformity of Nature or experience.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
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