Ding an sich
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Ding an sich is Immanuel Kant’s term for the “thing-in-itself,” referring to reality as it exists independently of human perception or experience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ding an sich canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T693681 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ding an sich Context triple: [thing-in-itself, hasAlternativeName, Ding an sich]
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The Dial
The Dial was a 19th-century American literary and philosophical magazine that served as the chief periodical voice of the Transcendentalist movement, publishing works by figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
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The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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C.
Ditat Deus
Ditat Deus is the Latin state motto of Arizona, meaning "God enriches" or "God gives wealth."
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D.
Dulce Domum
"Dulce Domum" is a nostalgic and emotionally rich chapter in Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, focusing on Mole's return to his long-neglected home.
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E.
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik is the Gwich’in people’s own name for their Athabaskan-speaking Indigenous nation of northwestern North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ding an sich Target entity description: Ding an sich is Immanuel Kant’s term for the “thing-in-itself,” referring to reality as it exists independently of human perception or experience.
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A.
The Dial
The Dial was a 19th-century American literary and philosophical magazine that served as the chief periodical voice of the Transcendentalist movement, publishing works by figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
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B.
The Pleased
The Pleased was an indie rock band from San Francisco known for featuring harpist-singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom as a member early in her career.
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C.
Ditat Deus
Ditat Deus is the Latin state motto of Arizona, meaning "God enriches" or "God gives wealth."
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D.
Dulce Domum
"Dulce Domum" is a nostalgic and emotionally rich chapter in Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, focusing on Mole's return to his long-neglected home.
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E.
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik is the Gwich’in people’s own name for their Athabaskan-speaking Indigenous nation of northwestern North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kantian concept
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metaphysical concept ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kant’s distinction between noumena and phenomena
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noumenal world ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Kantian epistemology
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Kantian metaphysics ⓘ Kantian philosophy ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
beyond possible experience
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independent of human cognition ⓘ independent of sensibility ⓘ unknowable in itself ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
appearance
ⓘ
phenomenon ⓘ |
| debatedBy |
Arthur Schopenhauer
ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ |
| debatedIn |
19th-century German philosophy
ⓘ
contemporary metaphysics ⓘ |
| describedIn | Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ |
| discussedIn |
Kantian ethics debates
ⓘ
philosophy of perception ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | thing in itself ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
distinction between appearance and reality
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limits of human knowledge ⓘ ontological status of things ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | thing-in-itself ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
as cause of appearances
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as merely a limiting concept ⓘ as unknowable substrate of phenomena ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalProblem |
how the mind relates to reality in itself
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whether things in themselves can affect appearances ⓘ |
| hasRole |
ground of appearances
ⓘ
limit concept for knowledge ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ German Idealism ⓘ
linked to:
German idealism
analytic philosophy of perception ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kant’s transcendental idealism
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linked to:
Critique of Pure Reason
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| refersTo |
reality independent of human experience
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reality independent of human perception ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
noumenon
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phenomenon ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ding an sich Description of subject: Ding an sich is Immanuel Kant’s term for the “thing-in-itself,” referring to reality as it exists independently of human perception or experience.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
thing-in-itself (noumenon)