thing-in-itself

in Kantian philosophy, an object as it is, independent of observation, which one cannot know directly
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thing-in-itself

Summary

thing-in-itself is a philosophical concept[1]. thing-in-itself draws 266 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_concept category, ranking #62 of 256).[2]

Key Facts

  • thing-in-itself is credited with the discovery of Immanuel Kant[3].
  • thing-in-itself's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[4].
  • entity is named after thing-in-itself[5].
  • thing-in-itself's GND ID is recorded as 4220890-7[6].
  • thing-in-itself's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85038061[7].
  • thing-in-itself's said to be the same as is recorded as noumenon[8].
  • thing-in-itself's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fpjyp_[9].
  • thing-in-itself's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/thing-in-itself[10].
  • thing-in-itself's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as filosofie/ding-an-sich[11].
  • thing-in-itself's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as thing-in-itself[12].
  • thing-in-itself's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 158332[13].
  • thing-in-itself's Treccani's Dizionario di Filosofia ID is recorded as cosa-in-se[14].
  • thing-in-itself's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007555399205171[15].
  • thing-in-itself's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 물자체[16].
  • thing-in-itself's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as veshch-v-sebe-fff232[17].
  • thing-in-itself's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/c7ca7bb6-9f0e-4edc-89b5-b4f9fda2a964[18].

Body

Designation and Status

thing-in-itself's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[4].

History and Context

entity is named after thing-in-itself[5].

Why It Matters

thing-in-itself draws 266 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_concept category, ranking #62 of 256).[2] thing-in-itself has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] thing-in-itself is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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