thing-in-itself
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In Kantian philosophy, the thing-in-itself () is the status of objects as they are, independent of representation and observation. The concept of the thing-in-itself was introduced by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, and over the following centuries was met with controversy among later philosophers. It is closely related to Kant's concept of noumena or the objects of inquiry, as opposed to phenomena, its manifestations.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Kantian philosophy
- Criticism
- F. H. Jacobi
- G. E. Schulze
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte
- Schopenhauer
- Mainländer
- See also
- Notes
- References
In Kantian philosophy, the thing-in-itself () is the status of objects as they are, independent of representation and observation. The concept of the thing-in-itself was introduced by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, and over the following centuries was met with controversy among later philosophers. It is closely related to Kant's concept of noumena or the objects of inquiry, as opposed to phenomena, its manifestations.
==Kantian philosophy==
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