For my noumena project I did it over depression. Depression cannot be seen. People put on a facade of depression that prevents people from seeing it, but we know that depression exists. Depression is serious and leads to suicide or self harm. People who are depressed don't show it and then one day they are gone with out their family or friends knowing why. Even though depression isn't one of the typical noumenas to use, its subtle and harmful.
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Noumena
Noumena
is an object as it is in itself independent of the mind, as opposed to a
phenomenon. In simpler terms, noumena is something that you know is there and
would bet anyone anything that it exists, yet you cannot see it. The term can
also be contrasted with or related to “phenomenon”. Many individuals philosophize
over noumena and many philosophical systems came out of this. Platonism is the
philosophy of Plato or the name of other philosophical systems considered
closely derived from it. On the other hand, “Platonism” refers to the
philosophy that affirms the existence of abstract objects that can be asserted
to exist in a third realm distinct both from the sensible external world and
from the internal world of consciousness. The term may indicate the doctrine of
Platonic realism or a philosophical term usually used to refer to the idea of
realism regarding the existence of universals or abstract objects after the
Greek philosopher Plato. The central concept of Platonism is the distinction
essential to the Theory of Forms. The Theory of Forms asserts that non-material
abstract forms, and not the material world of change known to us through
sensation, possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality. The forms
are typically described in dialogues such as the Phaedo, Symposium, and
Republic as transcendent, perfect archetypes, of which objects in the everyday
world are imperfect copies. The origin of Platonism was originally expressed in
the dialogues of Plato.
Much
of modern philosophy has generally been skeptical of the possibility of
knowledge independent of the senses, and Immanuel Kant gave this point of view
its classical version, saying that the noumenal world may exist but is
completely unknowable to humans. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who
widely considered being a central figure of modern philosophy. He argued that
fundamental concepts structure human experience, and that reason is the source
of mortality. His thought influenced metaphysics, epistemology, ethics,
political philosophy, and aesthetics. One of Kant’s major works was the Critique of Pure Reason, which aimed
to explain the relationship between reason and human experience. With this
project, he hoped to move beyond what he took to be failures of traditional
philosophy and metaphysics. Kant argued that our experiences are structured by
necessary features of our minds. From his view, the mind shapes and structures
experience so that all human experience shares certain essential structural
features. Kant also believed that the concepts of space and time are integral
to all human experience. One of Kant’s goals was to resolve disputes between
empirical and rationalist approaches. Empirical is a theory which states that
knowledge comes only a primarily from sensory experience. Rationalism is the
view that regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge or any view
appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification. Kant argued that
experience only leads to theoretical illusions. The free and proper exercise of
reason by the individual was a theme both of the Age of Enlightenment, and of
Kant’s approaches to the various problems of philosophy. His ideas influenced
many thinkers in Germany during his lifetime. He had moved philosophy beyond
the debate between the rationalists and empiricists. Kant is seen as a major
figure in the history and development of philosophy.
There
are plenty of examples of noumena. Even though there are a bountiful amount of
visible things in the world, there are also plentiful amounts of the unseen.
Noumena photography is seen all over, even if it does not blatantly say that
its noumena. However, there are example of noumena. For one, air is an example.
We all know that air is around us. We can feel it blow against our face, and we
breathe it in and out all day long. We need it to live, yet we never can hold
it within our hands or see it. Air is accepted as noumena, unlike others.
Religion is a huge noumena on the basis of a divine power. No one can see a God
or the devil, yet many individuals believe with all their heart that they exist
and that they are constantly involved with everyday life. This is where
controversy settles in. Not everyone is going to be okay with believing in
something or someone that they cannot see. This is why noumena is so hard to
capture within an image. How do you take a picture to represent something that
you cannot see? Many photographers have done this in many ways.
Noumena
has progressed through history from the first thoughts of Plato to the photographs
of Anthony Carriere. Noumena has gone from being expressed through words and
philosophy, to being expressed through photographs. It is amazing to think that
something that can not be seen can be expressed through something that can only
be seen. However, the basis behind noumena has stayed the same. It is something
beautiful and mysterious, something that will never be seen or captured or
fully understood no matter how hard we try.
Works Cited:
· “Noumena – Anthony
Carrier.” Noumena – Anthony Carriere”. N.P.,
n.d.
· “Noumenal.” The Free Dictionary. Farlex, n.d.
· Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web.
