phenomenal world
phenomenal world noun: especially in philosophical idealism, the world as it appears to human beings as a result of being structured by human understanding; the world as experienced, as opposed to the world of things-in-themselves.
Noun
phenomenal world (plural phenomenal worlds)
- Especially in philosophical idealism, the world as it appears to human beings as a result of being structured by human understanding; the world as experienced, as opposed to the world of things-in-themselves.
- With intelligence springs up at a stroke the phenomenal world, the world as we know it.1876, Robert Adamson, “Schopenhauer's Philosophy”, in Mind, volume 1, number 4, page 500
- He . . . suggests a new theory based on the radical assumption that light can convey information about the world and, hence, that the phenomenal world does not have to be constructed by the mind (or the brain) out of meaningless data.1970, James Gibson, “The Information Available in Pictures”, in Leonardo, volume 4, number 1, page 27
Forms of phenomenal world
| plural | phenomenal worlds |
|---|
Questions about phenomenal world
- What does phenomenal world mean?
- Phenomenal world means especially in philosophical idealism, the world as it appears to human beings as a result of being structured by human understanding; the world as experienced, as opposed to the world of things-in-themselves.
- What part of speech is phenomenal world?
- Phenomenal world is a noun.
- What is the plural of phenomenal world?
- The plural of phenomenal world is phenomenal worlds.
Words near phenomenal world in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phenomenal world (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “phenomenal world.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/phenomenal_world. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.