thing-in-itself

noun

Etymology

Literal translation of the German Ding an sich.

Definitions

  1. A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind,…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for thing-in-itself. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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