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phenomenal worlds

phenomenal worlds is the plural of phenomenal world.

Meaning of phenomenal world

Noun

phenomenal world (plural phenomenal worlds)

  1. 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

Questions about phenomenal worlds

What is phenomenal worlds the plural of?
Phenomenal worlds is the plural of phenomenal world.

Words near phenomenal worlds in the dictionary

  1. phenomenae
  2. phenomenal
  3. phenomenal consciousness
  4. phenomenal conservatism
  5. phenomenal world
  6. phenomenal worlds
  7. phenomenalise
  8. phenomenalised
  9. phenomenalises
  10. phenomenalising
  11. phenomenalism

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