thing-in-itself
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Etymology [edit]
Literal translation of the German term Ding an sich.
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thing-in-itself (plural things-in-themselves)
- (philosophy) In the philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and those whom he influenced, 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.
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- thing-in-itself at OneLook Dictionary Search
