Thing-in-itself Definition
thiŋinitself
things-in-themselves
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(philosophy) In the philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and those whom he influenced, a thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.
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thing-in-itself
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things-in-themselvesOrigin of Thing-in-itself
Literal translation of the German term Ding an sich.
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