(n.) The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.
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Unknowable
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(1) Still, even as unknowable as this decision may be for him, as any decision is, really, he is far more qualified to understand his desires and goals that would inform that decision than anyone else is.
(2) Parents unknowingly adjust the structure and dynamics of speech to the constraints of infant capacities, detach prosodic musicality from lexical structure, and use it in particularly expressive forms for the delivery of the first prototypical messages.
(3) This form of mechanical purpura, often caused by suction may be deliberately or unknowingly induced by the patient.
(4) The results indicate that one group of surgeons (34% of those responding) believes each type of surgery has equal survival rates but unknowingly influences the patient to choose modified radical mastectomy, with a subtly biased presentation.
(5) These counter-transferential concerns ultimately made the woman's psychological essence an unknowable riddle for Freud.
(6) The unknown, on the other hand, is not just unknown but perhaps even unknowable – and its consequences could be worse.
(7) The other women were unknowingly pregnant at the time of the sterilization.
(8) While Europeans cannot unknowingly run up a bill larger than €50 (£42) while abroad, roaming charges are still many times higher than domestic call costs and will remain so without further legislation.
(9) The future threats can remain fully unknowable and fully addressable – on the individual level.
(10) He ended his life as unknowable and contrary as the 22-year-old who made Do the Ostrich.
(11) One of the ideas of the book is about the unknowability or uncategorisability of human behaviour, and I was rather tempted into those ambiguous sexual areas."
(12) You could [attack] your factional enemies to your heart’s content and that would be a dangerous system.” Simplification of the complex system with stronger definitions The opacity of the current entitlements system often leads to politicians knowingly or unknowingly exploiting the grey areas.
(13) "Judging additionality has turned out to be unknowable and unworkable.
(14) The resistance was not due to the presence of any inhibitor in the crude extract, but possibly due to the special configuration of the lectin molecule or other unknow reasons.
(15) During the suboccipital (retrosigmoid) removal of a tumor, the surgeon unknowingly may leave tumor remnants leading to regrowth.
(16) Obama meant to call attention to Trayvon Martin's unknowable potential (how many future presidents, future Nobel prize winners, future mothers and fathers have we lost to pointless racial violence?)
(17) Given diplomacy's ineffectiveness and the unknowable but terrible consequences of air strikes, it is easy to see why covert action is the least bad option; most of the successes and failures in this war will remain unsung, but some have made news.
(18) If the eye were unknowingly anesthetized, exposure to an irritant could go undected and cause injury.
(19) The metabolism of americium-241 has been studied during an 8-year period in an adult male and his son who, at the ages of 50 and 4 years, respectively, were accidentally and unknowingly contaminated within their home by means of inhalation.
(20) The process, of balancing emotional and reproductive needs against the instinct for survival, and the categorisation of an essentially unknowable risk, is so complicated that counsellors and charities have developed a “risk tool” to help women judge their own needs.