Editing Thing-in-itself (section)

{{Rough translation|German|Deutsch|date=November 2023}}
{{short description|In philosophy, the status of objects as they are, independent of observation}}
{{Immanuel Kant}}

In [[Kantian philosophy]], the '''thing-in-itself''' ({{langx|de|Ding an sich}}) is the status of [[Object (philosophy)|object]]s as they are, independent of representation and observation. The concept of the thing-in-itself was introduced by the German philosopher [[Immanuel Kant]], and over the following centuries was met with controversy among later philosophers.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maimon/|title=Salomon Maimon (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)|chapter=Salomon Maimon|year=2021|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|quote=Perhaps the most obvious problem — and certainly one of the earliest — that Kant faces concerns the issue of the thing in itself.}}</ref> It is closely related to Kant's concept of [[Noumenon#Kantian noumena|noumena]] or the objects of inquiry, as opposed to [[Phenomenon|phenomena]], its manifestations.