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Phenomenalism

In metaphysics, phenomenalism is the view that physical objects cannot justifiably be said to exist as "things-in-themselves", but only as perceptual phenomena or sensory stimuli (e.g. redness, hardness, softness, sweetness, etc.) situated in time and in space. In particular, some forms of phenomenalism reduce all talk about physical objects in the…

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Phenomenalism → April, Bolender, Factual Phenomenalism, Fenomenismo, Filosofia, Gaetano Chiurazzi, Garzanti, Gianni Vattimo, Isaiah, ISBN, John, L'Enciclopedia Garzanti, Library, Milan, SORITES Issue, Supervenience Theory, The Isaiah Berlin Virtual, The Refutation, Third Edition
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Phenomenalism → According, As, Berkeley, Berkeley's, Critiques, David Hume, George Berkeley, God, Immanuel Kant, Its, John Stuart Mill, Kant, Mill, These, This, While Kant
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Phenomenalism → radical form of empiricism, view that physical objects cannot justifiably be said to exist as
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