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phenomenon (What is Kant's concept of the " thing-in-itself" opposed to? )

In the philosophical system of Emmanuel Kant, a “thing-in-itself”, a "noumenon" is opposed to "phenomenon" , the thing that appears to us. 

Chez Kant, le noumène (la chose en soi telle qu'elle existe, indépendamment de ce qui peut la connaître ou la sentir) s'oppose à "phénomène" . Ce qui est nouménal est indépendant de la perception,  est phénoménal tout ce qui peut être perçu par les sens (objets, faits, événements).

 

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thinkable basic realities / observable fact or event (What is the difference between  "noumenon" and  "phenomenon"?)

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Noumena are the basic realities behind all sensory experience. According to Kant, they are not knowable because they cannot be perceived, but they must be thinkable because moral decision making and scientific investigation cannot proceed without the assumption that they exist. 

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A phenomenon is an observable fact or event; in philosophy the definitions and uses of the term have varied. In the philosophy of Aristotle phenomena were the objects of the senses (e.g., sights and sounds), as opposed to the real objects understood by the mind. Later, phenomena were considered the observed facts and were contrasted with the theories used to explain them. Modern philosophers have used “phenomenon” to designate what is apprehended before judgment is applied. For Immanuel Kant a phenomenon was the object of experience and was the opposite of a noumenon, the thing-in-itself, to which Kant’s categories did not apply.

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3. I think therefore I am

For Descarte reason is the principle governing all what is human.

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