different between noumenon vs haecceity

English

Etymology

From German Noumenon, from Ancient Greek ????????? (nooúmenon, “thing that is known”), passive present participle of ???? (noé?, “I know”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nu?m?n?n/, /?na?m?n?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?num?n?n/

Noun

noumenon (plural noumena)

1. (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: thing-in-itself

   Antonym: phenomenon

Related terms

• noumenal

Translations

Further reading

• noumenon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• noumenon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “noumenon” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “noumenon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• William Turner (1911) , “philosophy of Immanuel Kant”, in The Catholic Encyclopedia?^[1], New York: Robert Appleton Company
• Simon Blackburn (1996) The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford University Press
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987–1996
• Dagobert D. Runes (ed.) (1962) Dictionary of Philosophy, Philosophical Library, page 215

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin haecceitas (“thisness”) coined by Duns Scotus (from haec (“this, these”)) +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /h?k?si?.?.ti?/, /hi?k?si?.?.ti?/
• Hyphenation: haec?ce?i?ty

Noun

haecceity (countable and uncountable, plural haecceities)

1. (philosophy) The essence of a particular thing that gives it its unique particularity; those qualities that make an individual this specific individual and not some other.

Alternative forms

• hæcceity (rare, archaic)

Synonyms

• thisness

Related terms

• haecceitic
• haecceitism
• haecceitist
• haecceitistic
• haecceitistically

Translations

See also

• hupokeimenon
• noumenon
• quiddity

Further reading

• haecceity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia