Noun
thing in itself
Alternative form of thing-in-itself
thing-in-itself (plural things-in-themselves)
(from Kantian philosophy on) 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.
Synonym: noumenon
Antonym: phenomenon
thing in itself
For this purpose, he at once did away with the essential and most meritorious part of the Kantian doctrine, the distinction between a priori and a posteriori and thus that between the phenomenon and the thing-in-itself. Source: Internet
Occultism, on the other hand, is concerned with the nature of the " thing-in-itself ". Source: Internet
Other commentators suggest that Schopenhauer considered will to be only a subset of the "thing-in-itself" class, namely that which we can most directly experience. Source: Internet
Schopenhauer saw the human will as our one window to the world behind the representation; the Kantian thing-in-itself. Source: Internet
The antithesis thing-in-itself and appearance is untenable; with that, however, the concept appearance also disappears." Source: Internet
The 'two-world' interpretation regards Kant's position as a statement of epistemological limitation, that we are not able to transcend the bounds of our own mind, meaning that we cannot access the " thing-in-itself ". Source: Internet