Noumenology

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study of noumena, that is, things as they are in themselves, beyond their immediate human perception. uncountable

    "The science of the Positive begins with Noumenology or Ontology proper—a true science of comprehensible substances as they are in their own nature, with the inherent primary characteristics belonging to them."

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"The science of the Positive begins with Noumenology or Ontology proper—a true science of comprehensible substances as they are in their own nature, with the inherent primary characteristics belonging to them."

Etymology

From noumenon + -logy.

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