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- noun Plural form of
thing-in-itself .
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Examples
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No, I'm a dog, interested in reality things-in-themselves, no use no interest in symbols.
I A Dog 2010
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“Since we cannot know things-in-themselves,” the religious skeptic reasons, “there is no reason to conclude that things are as they appear.”
Archive 2009-03-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Those who followed Kant, notably Fichte and Schelling, sought to escape the “scandal” of unknowable things-in-themselves, and those who followed Reid sought to overcome the contention implicit in his approach that our knowledge of the world is “conditioned” by the principle of common sense.
Ted Marcel Inhoff 2009
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The resulting contradiction may be resolved, he asserts, by observing that while the antinomy “relates to the division of appearances”, the arguments for (a) and (b) implicitly treat matter or substance as things-in-themselves.
Continuity and Infinitesimals Bell, John L. 2009
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Science is intelligently designed to account for knowledge about things-in-themselves, with a hopeful eye to invention of controls and useful applications.
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“Since we cannot know things-in-themselves,” the religious skeptic reasons, “there is no reason to conclude that things are as they appear.”
Human worth - equal or hierarchical? Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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“Since we cannot know things-in-themselves,” the religious skeptic reasons, “there is no reason to conclude that things are as they appear.”
It is through action that we must grow Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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“Since we cannot know things-in-themselves,” the religious skeptic reasons, “there is no reason to conclude that things are as they appear.”
Archive 2009-02-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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From common sense to things-in-themselves via krtavyam karma might seem confusing but there runs a very definite pathway for the human condition.
It is through action that we must grow Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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From common sense to things-in-themselves via krtavyam karma might seem confusing but there runs a very definite pathway for the human condition.
Archive 2009-03-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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