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Status of objects as they are, independent of observation
In Kantian philosophy, the thing-in-itself (German: Ding an sich) is the status of objects as they are, independent of representation and observation.
Thing-in-itself
Object or event that exists independently of the senses
the unknowable "thing-in-itself" (German: Ding an sich). However, the nature of the relationship between the two is not made explicit in Kant's work, and
Noumenon
1818 philosophical work by Arthur Schopenhauer
merits are as follows: The distinction of the phenomenon from the thing-in-itself (Ding an sich) The intellect mediates between things and knowledge
Critique of the Kantian Philosophy
Critique_of_the_Kantian_Philosophy
Philosophical terms
"thing in itself": "I would repeat it, however, a hundred times, that 'immediate certainty,' as well as 'absolute knowledge' and the 'thing in itself,'
Indeterminacy_(philosophy)
1783 book by Immanuel Kant
because they considered an appearance to be a thing–in–itself (a thing as it is apart from being an appearance). In the last two antinomies, due to a misunderstanding
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena_to_Any_Future_Metaphysics
1818 book by Arthur Schopenhauer
knowledge of mere phenomena rather than things in themselves. Schopenhauer identifies the thing-in-itself — the inner essence of everything — as will: a
The World as Will and Representation
The_World_as_Will_and_Representation
Lithuanian Jewish philosopher (1753–1800)
the thing-in-itself. That which is object of thought cannot be outside consciousness; just as in mathematics "–1" is an unreal quantity, so things-in-themselves
Salomon_Maimon
German philosopher (1788–1860)
Schopenhauer, Kant's 'greatest service' lay in the 'differentiation between phenomena and the thing-in-itself (noumena), based on the proof that between
Arthur_Schopenhauer
Topics referred to by the same term
up thing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikiquote has quotations related to Thing. Thing or The Thing may refer to: An object Thing-in-itself (or
Thing
Philosophical idea that only one's own mind is certain to exist
representation, the Kantian thing-in-itself. He believed, therefore, that we could gain knowledge about the thing-in-itself, something Kant said was impossible
Solipsism
1781 book by Immanuel Kant
and processes pre-structure experience. Things as they are "in themselves"—the thing in itself, or das Ding an sich—are unknowable. For something to become
Critique_of_Pure_Reason
Property that a thing has of itself
property that a thing has itself, independently of anything else. An extrinsic (or relational) property is a property that depends on a thing's relationship
Intrinsic and extrinsic properties (philosophy)
Intrinsic_and_extrinsic_properties_(philosophy)
Fundamental philosophical abstraction; the recognition of difference
a thing is in potency to the existence of a thing, which is that thing's actuality. In Kant, the distinction between appearance and thing-in-itself (German:
Distinction_(philosophy)
1792 book by Gottlob Ernst Schulze
the soul, or the thing-in-itself cannot be proved. Philosophy cannot establish the existence or non-existence of the thing-in-itself. By establishing
Aenesidemus_(book)
Philosophical system founded by Immanuel Kant
object is an appearance and not a thing-in-itself. Humans necessarily perceive objects as located in space and in time. This condition of experience
Transcendental_idealism
Philosophical contradictions of Immanuel Kant
"the world we experience is not and does not contain a thing in itself but is only phenomenal." In addition, Beck also argued that Kant's resolution of
Kant's_antinomies
Concept in Kantian philosophy
essence was also the thing such as it is in itself, it was the thing in itself, the thing itself or the thing as thought; the thing as thought, as phenomenon
Condition_of_possibility
1813 German-language doctoral dissertation by Schopenhauer
point of view, Kant’s chief merit lies in his distinction between the thing-in-itself and the phenomenal world in which it appears, i.e., the world as we
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
On_the_Fourfold_Root_of_the_Principle_of_Sufficient_Reason
Science fiction short story by Peter Watts
Watts, revisiting the universe of John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing (derived itself from John W. Campbell's story "Who Goes There?") from the viewpoint
The_Things_(short_story)
Philosophical position
arguments without committing themselves to whether reality as such, the "thing in itself", is ultimately mental. Within ontological idealism, there are numerous
Idealism
Marvel Comics character
The Man-Thing (Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writers Stan
Man-Thing
Legal term - Latin for "the thing speaks for itself"
Res ipsa loquitur (Latin: "the thing speaks for itself") is a doctrine in common law and Roman-Dutch law jurisdictions under which a court can infer negligence
Res_ipsa_loquitur
Two types of knowledge, justification, or argument
. Fichte who, because the thing-in-itself had just been discredited, at once prepared a system without any thing-in-itself. Consequently, he rejected
A_priori_and_a_posteriori
Revival of Immanuel Kant's philosophy
the thing-in-itself and his moral philosophy. The "back to Kant" movement began in the 1860s, as a reaction to the German materialist controversy in the
Neo-Kantianism
German philosopher (1724–1804)
philosophers have been critical of Kant's theory of the thing-in-itself. Many have argued that, if such a thing exists beyond experience, then one cannot posit
Immanuel_Kant
Chinese philosopher and translator
Phenomenon and Thing-in-Itself, and Treatise of the Perfect Good – a commitment that is reflected in Mou's decision to express his philosophy in Kantian terms
Mou_Tsung-san
German philosopher, literary figure, and socialite (1743–1819)
examination. Jacobi addressed in the said Appendix Kant's concept of "thing-in-itself." Jacobi agreed that the objective thing-in-itself cannot be directly known
Friedrich_Heinrich_Jacobi
1982 film directed by John Carpenter
tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then
The_Thing_(1982_film)
American horror anthology television series
derived from the famous Franklin D. Roosevelt quote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." The anthology was born out of Masters of Horror and shares
Fear_Itself_(TV_series)
Philosophical movement
successors, who felt that Kant's critique was "not critical enough". If the thing-in-itself is truly unknowable, skeptics argued, then one cannot even claim that
German_idealism
Tradition of Buddhist philosophy and psychology
example, a thing may be designated as existing or non-existing, but such designations do not apply to true reality or the thing-in-itself. The practice
Yogachara
Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor
is real and all the universe is created by his mind; lit. 'The thing in itself', as in the philosophical term) Il Palio delle contrade morte (1983, lit
Carlo_Fruttero
German philosopher (1842–1906)
operative, and that the underlying force is one and not many. This thing-in-itself may be called the Unconscious. It has two equally original attributes
Eduard_von_Hartmann
Austrian philosopher (1757–1823)
and a subject cannot produce an object, we are forced to assume a thing-in-itself. This is a notion which is self-contradictory if consciousness were
Karl_Leonhard_Reinhold
Philosophical concept introduced by Immanuel Kant
something no matter who you are or what you want, because the thing is good in itself. These types of imperatives belong to the category of categorical
Hypothetical_imperative
German philosophy term
retains Kant's phenomenon/noumenon distinction but identifies the thing-in-itself as Wille (will). The world as Vorstellung constitutes the objectification
Vorstellung
Relationship between an object and a representation of that object
word is not the thing", encapsulating his view that an abstraction derived from something, or a reaction to it, is not the thing itself. Korzybski held
Map–territory_relation
Philosophical movement
advancing to knowledge itself. According to Kant, only after such self-criticism does it become possible to develop metaphysics in a non-dogmatic way. The
Critical_philosophy
Basic ontological concept
the substance but distinct from it. In this role, a substance can be referred to as a substratum or a thing-in-itself. Substances are particulars that are
Substance_theory
primacy of the metaphysical Will as the Kantian thing-in-itself, the ground of life and all being. In his chief work, The World as Will and Representation
Arthur Schopenhauer's aesthetics
Arthur_Schopenhauer's_aesthetics
Film by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
The Thing is a 2011 American science fiction horror film serving as a direct prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film, which was an adaptation of the 1938
The_Thing_(2011_film)
Movement in contemporary Continental-inspired philosophy
otherwise than what they are. This principle is upheld by Kant in his defence of the thing-in-itself as unknowable but imaginable. We can imagine reality as
Speculative_realism
Marvel Comics superhero
The Thing (Benjamin Jacob "Ben" Grimm) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a founding member of the Fantastic
Thing_(Marvel_Comics)
Method of reasoning and philosophical argument
rejected Kant's notion of the unknowable "thing-in-itself" as logically contradictory and grounded his system in the activity of the self-conscious subject
Dialectic
Critical essay by Philipp Mainländer
homogenous partial-representations as coming from the same thing-in-itself. The activity of a tree-in-itself would, when we behold its lower part, provide us the
Critique of the Doctrines of Kant and Schopenhauer
Critique_of_the_Doctrines_of_Kant_and_Schopenhauer
Epistemological view centered on reason
immortality of the human soul. Kant referred to these objects as "The Thing in Itself" and goes on to argue that their status as objects beyond all possible
Rationalism
2008 book by Clive Hamilton
idea by Immanuel Kant and refers to the thing in itself. "In the final three parts, Hamilton anneals his ethics in the forge of his metaphysics, and provides
The_Freedom_Paradox
1790 book by Immanuel Kant
whereas in determinative judgment, we just subsume given particulars under universals that are already known, as Kant puts it: It is then one thing to say
Critique_of_Judgment
Philosophical tract by Immanuel Kant
own motives. The important thing, then, is not whether such pure virtue ever actually exists in the world; the important thing is that that reason dictates
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork_of_the_Metaphysics_of_Morals
Topics referred to by the same term
Fear Itself may refer to: Fear Itself (band), a 1960s rock band Fear Itself (Fear Itself album) (1969) Fear Itself (Casual album) (1994) Xenophobe/Fear
Fear_Itself
1839 German-language essay by Schopenhauer
being as a thing-in-itself, not phenomenon, he feels free. According to Schopenhauer, this is because the inner being or thing-in-itself is called will
On_the_Freedom_of_the_Will
Art and practice of creating images by recording light
advocate 'straight photography', the photograph as a (sharply focused) thing in itself and not an imitation of something else. The aesthetics of photography
Photography
Central concept in Kantian moral philosophy
unconditional requirement that must be obeyed in all circumstances and is justified as an end in itself, possessing intrinsic value beyond simply being
Categorical_imperative
Study of the development of ontology
the Kantian thing-in-itself. Like the Kantian thing-in-itself, the will exists outside space and time. But, unlike the Kantian thing-in-itself, the will
History_of_ontology
1923 book by Martin Buber
'holism' Thing-in-itself Objectification Pantheism / Panentheism Personalism The book has been translated to English twice, by Ronald Gregor Smith in 1937
I_and_Thou
intellectual intuition, thing-in-itself, and the division between noumena and phenomena. Mou seeks to establish a moral metaphysics in Kantian terms by attempting
Kant's influence on Mou Zongsan
Kant's_influence_on_Mou_Zongsan
German philosopher and critic (1766–1828)
the theory of the "thing-in-itself" (Ding-an-sich, noumenon). For the pure reason, as described in the Kritik, the "thing-in-itself" can be only an inconceivable
Friedrich_Bouterwek
Position on the problem of universals
independent of reflective activity, i.e., must be a thing in itself. But the notion of the thing in itself is self-contradictory, for it requires us to think
Scotistic_realism
Term in metaphysics
ὑποκείμενον), later often material substratum, is a term in metaphysics which literally means the "underlying thing" (Latin: subiectum). To search for the hypokeimenon
Hypokeimenon
Ethical theory of Immanuel Kant
states that as an end in itself, humans are required never to treat others merely as a means to an end, but always as ends in themselves. The formulation
Kantian_ethics
our religions externally, in masses, as thing-in-itself. But human reality is between "I alone" and "mass-object." We are in-betweens, bridges, passages
Gustav_Emil_Mueller
1938 American science fiction novella
published in the August 1938 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine and was also printed as The Thing from Another World, as well as included in the collection
Who_Goes_There?
Fictional character
The Thing is a fictional shapeshifting and telepathic alien and a science fiction antagonist. It first appeared in the novella Who Goes There? by John
The_Thing_(character)
Fictional character, an elemental creature in the DC Comics Universe
Swamp Thing is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. While several incarnations of the character have since
Swamp_Thing
Representation or imitation of a person or thing
example of artistic simulacrum, in which a painting is created by copying a photograph that is itself a copy of the real thing. Other art forms that play with
Simulacrum
1851 German-language essay collection by Schopenhauer
concerning the Intellect generally and in all Respects Some Observations on the Antithesis of the Thing-in-itself and the Phenomenon A few Words on Pantheism
Parerga_and_Paralipomena
Concept of human knowledge in philosophy
known. Definist fallacy Socratic fallacy Thing-in-itself This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim,
Acatalepsy
Relation each thing bears to itself alone
In metaphysics, identity (from Latin: identitas, "sameness") is the relation each thing bears only to itself. The notion of identity gives rise to many
Identity_(philosophy)
Pure concept of the understanding in Kantianism
characteristic that can be predicated of a thing. "…I remark concerning the categories…that their logical employment consists in their use as predicates of objects
Category_(Kant)
Logic statement
In logic, the law of identity states that each thing is identical with itself, or symbolically a = a. It applies to singular terms, and is a tautology
Law_of_identity
action/adventure television series Swamp Thing. The series is based on the Vertigo Comics character the Swamp Thing and reprises Dick Durock as the title
List of Swamp Thing (1990 TV series) episodes
List_of_Swamp_Thing_(1990_TV_series)_episodes
Faculty that selects among a being's desires
the thing in itself as though it is a cause of phenomena. Instead, he said that we can know it by knowing our own body, which is the only thing that
Will_(philosophy)
Reconciliation of two opposing forces in a society
mediation"...."The Thing-in-itself and its mediated Being are both contained in Existence, and each is an Existence; the Thing-in-it-self exists and is
Mediation (Marxist theory and media studies)
Mediation_(Marxist_theory_and_media_studies)
Concept regarding objective facts
there are no objective facts and that understanding or knowledge of a thing in itself is not possible: Against positivism, which stops at phenomena: "there
Post-truth
Entity not directly observable by humans
2020-10-18. Palmquist, S. R., "The Radical Unknowability of Kant's 'Thing in Itself'", Cogito 3:2 (March 1985), pp. 101-115; reprinted as Appendix V of
Unobservable
Process of generalization
as being right about the impotence of human thought to grasp the "thing-in-itself." According to Kierkegaard, Hegel, instead of reminding Kant that thought
Abstraction
Innate inclination of a thing to continue to exist and enhance itself
thing to continue to exist and enhance itself. This thing may be mind, matter, or a combination of both, and is often associated with God's will in a
Conatus
1889 book by Friedrich Nietzsche
the illusionary concept of being, and therefore also of the thing-in-itself and God. In reality, motive or intention is "an accompaniment to an act"
Twilight_of_the_Idols
his definition of an ends claiming, “a thing exists as a natural end if it is the cause and effect of itself (in a twofold sense)”.[citation needed] To
Kant's_teleology
Type of probabilistic logic
to the real world, i.e. to what Kant calls das Ding an sich (the thing-in-itself) . In addition, whenever the truth of a proposition is expressed, it is
Subjective_logic
Disconnection in social relationships
described the "thing-in-itself" which is infinite and overflowing, and claimed that any attempt to describe or understand the thing-in-itself is "reflective
Social_alienation
Central category of dialectics
Kant, as we must add, never got beyond the negative result that the thing-in-itself is unknowable, and never penetrated to the discovery of what the antinomies
Unity_of_opposites
Something that has mass and volume
actual independent thing in itself. The continuity and difference between Descartes's and Aristotle's conceptions is noteworthy. In both conceptions, matter
Matter
Philosophical concept native to China
the Tao as the purest thing-in-itself. Shao Yong regarded the Tao as the origin of heaven, earth, and everything within them. In contrast, Zhang Zai presented
Tao
Film genre
these misunderstandings are founded in the fact that they seek to reduce surrealism to a style or a thing in itself rather than being prepared to see it
Surrealist_cinema
Polemical term in philosophical rhetoric
concepts of "pure knowledge" and "thing in itself" (see Notebooks Summer-Fall 1884 26[413]). The term was also employed in his poetic attempts to criticize
Wooden_iron
Chinese artist (born 1957)
Guangyi, Skira, Milan, Italy 2013 另一个王广义，未必就是真的王广义 (in Chinese). 南方周末. Retrieved 6 May 2012. Thing-in-itself: Utopia, Pop and Personal Theology – Wang Guangyi
Wang_Guangyi
Complete absence of anything; the opposite of everything
Nothing, no-thing, or no thing is the complete absence of anything, as the opposite of something and an antithesis of everything. The concept of nothing
Nothing
American superhero television series
Swamp Thing is an American superhero horror television series created by Gary Dauberman and Mark Verheiden for DC Universe, based on the DC Comics character
Swamp_Thing_(2019_TV_series)
Mental image or concept
distinguish in speech, many fair things, many good things, and so on for each kind of thing." "Yes, so we do." "And we also assert that there is a fair itself, a
Idea
Belief that the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
or a Kantian Ding-an-sich (thing-in-itself), and (2) the tendency of neo-Hegelian philosophy to lose the particular self in an Absolute that amounts to
Immanence
Theory of truth within pragmatism
mentioned in order to assess the truth of a sign, counting the sign itself as the first thing. In formal logic, this number is called the arity of the predicate
Pragmatic_theory_of_truth
Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)
claim that, "the world we experience is not and does not contain a thing in itself but is only phenomenal." Incommensurable magnitudes – Number that is
Zeno_of_Elea
German philosopher and educator (1846–1908)
only, he holds that this consciousness constitutes a knowledge of the thing-in-itself which Kant denies. Soul is, therefore, a practical reality which Paulsen
Friedrich_Paulsen
Term in Martin Heidegger's philosophy
Heideggerian terminology Nihilism Pre-Socratics Sartre Self-awareness Soul Thing-in-itself Thrownness True self and false self "Dasein". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary
Dasein
in biology Teletransportation paradox Telos Testimony The Golden Rule The saying and the said Theodicy Theorem Theory Theory of justification Thing-in-itself
List of philosophical concepts
List_of_philosophical_concepts
German scholar (1851–1921)
Dinges an sich in Kants Aesthetik und Analytik (The Position of the Thing in Itself in Kant's Aesthetic and Analytic). Hermann von Helmholtz proposed Erdmann's
Benno_Erdmann
Philosophical concept
potentiality of everything, but of itself is not actually anything. A determinate thing only comes into being when the potentiality in matter is converted into
Substantial_form
Marxist concept
generates value, with the connotation that the thing validates itself and proves its worth when it results in earnings, a yield. Thus, something is "valorised"
Valorisation
1998 book by Ken Wilber
"that we can never know 'the thing in itself', only the appearance or phenomenon that results when the thing in itself is acted on by the categories
The Marriage of Sense and Soul
The_Marriage_of_Sense_and_Soul
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