noumenon

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Glassley tries also to grasp something beyond: the noumenon, an ineffable inner reality in things that cannot be discerned by the senses.

From Nature • Feb. 5, 2018

The universe as metaphysical thing-in-itself, as noumenon, has an ethical meaning.

From Schopenhauer by Whittaker, Thomas

By Ontology we may designate the standing controversies of the intellectual powers—perception, innate ideas, nominalism versus realism, and noumenon versus phenomenon.

From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander

On the contrary, he accepted it, and he has made the words "phenomenon" and "noumenon" household words in philosophy.

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart

I do not pretend to demonstrate anything, nor do I feel much concern, about any unknowable noumenon which never reveals itself in my consciousness.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter