Noumenon (disambiguation)
Noumenon, plur. Noumena, is a modern philosophic word used in many languages. It is borrowed without change from the Greek present middle and passive participle of the contract verb, noein (no-e-ein), “to know.” The present participle has a continuous aspect, so that noumenon means more exactly “a thing that is currently being continuously known.” It can mean specifically:
Philosophic uses
- Noumenon, in Plato, the conceived, as opposed to phainomenon, the sensed
- Noumenon, in Kant, the inferred, or thing-in-itself, as opposed to Phenomenon, the experienced thing
- Noumenon, translation of Sat (Sanskrit), the real, as in the Pavamana Mantra
- Noumenon, as universal spiritual essence, God in Buddhism
- Noumenon, the transcendent Brahman
- Noumenon, realised by denial in Apophatic theology
- Noumenon, translation of Li, one of the Four Dharmadhātu of Tu-shun
Unrelated artistic uses
- Noumena (band), a melodic death metal band from Finland
- Noumenon & Phenomenon, a song by the Swedish metal band, Scar Symmetry
- Noumenon, an album by the electronic music group, Absurd Minds
- Noumenon, a track of Enemies of Reality, an album by American Progressive Metal Band, Nevermore
- Noumenon, an unknown beast in the drawings of Charles Avery (artist)
- Noumenon poems, a work by Evan Oakley
- Noumenon, a sculpture by Steve Brudniak
- Noumenon, a dance portrayal in a production of Alwin Nikolais
See also
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