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noumenology

noumenology noun: the study of noumena, that is, things as they are in themselves, beyond their immediate human perception.

Noun

noumenology (uncountable)

  1. The study of noumena, that is, things as they are in themselves, beyond their immediate human perception.
    • The science of the Positive begins with Noumenology or Ontology proper—a true science of comprehensible substances as they are in their own nature, with the inherent primary characteristics belonging to them.1876, John Lord Peck, The Ultimate Generalization: An Effort in the Philosophy of Science, page 48
    • Even before absolute knowledge, religion is already the moment in which phenomenology is transformed into noumenology, in which absolute spirit reveals itself as such, makes itself manifest to itself in manifesting itself to man.1974, Jean Hippolyte, translated by John Heckman, Genesis and Structure of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, →ISBN, pages 541–42

Origin of noumenology

From noumenon + -logy.

Questions about noumenology

What does noumenology mean?
Noumenology means the study of noumena, that is, things as they are in themselves, beyond their immediate human perception.
What part of speech is noumenology?
Noumenology is a noun.

Words near noumenology in the dictionary

  1. noumenalized
  2. noumenalizes
  3. noumenalizing
  4. noumenally
  5. noumenism
  6. noumenology
  7. noumenon
  8. Nouméa
  9. Nouméan
  10. noun
  11. noun adjective

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