noumenal

English

Etymology

Equivalent to noumen(on) +‎ -al.

Adjective

noumenal (not comparable)

1. (philosophy, especially Kantianism) Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves.

   Antonym: phenomenal

   • 1878, James Sully, “The Question of Visual Perception in Germany”, in Mind, volume 3, number 10, page 193:

     We may here distinguish between two kinds of reality, phenomenal or relative, and noumenal or absolute.

   • 1880, Frederick W. Frankland, “On the Doctrine of Mind-Stuff”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, page 214:

     Nor can the elements of the phenomenal world derive any complexity from the interaction of the noumenal elements which they represent with the complex structure of the precipients.

   • 2003, Jay Garfield, Graham Priest, “Nāgārjuna and the Limits of Thought”, in Philosophy East and West, volume 53, number 1, page 3:

     When Kant says that it is impossible to know anything about, or apply any categories to, the noumenal realm, he would seem to be doing just what cannot be done.

Derived terms

• noumenalism
• noumenalist
• noumenality
• noumenalize
• noumenally

Translations

of or pertaining to the noumenon

• French: nouménal (fr)
• German: noumenisch
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: noumenico
• Polish: noumenalny
• Portuguese: numênico (Brazil), numénico (Portugal)
• Russian: ноумена́льный (ru) (noumenálʹnyj)
• Spanish: nouménico (es)
• Ukrainian: ноумена́льний (noumenálʹnyj)