The being of phenomena is not a hidden noumenal world behind them

Evidence

We must understand that this being is no other than the transphenomenal being of phenomena and not a noumenal being which is hidden behind them. It is the being of this table, of this package of tobacco, of the lamp, more generally the being of the world which is implied by consciousness. It requires simply that the being of that which appears does not exist only in so far as it appears. The transphenomenal being of what exists for consciousness is itself in itself (lui-même en soi). — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 153

Categorization

• XREF: Sartre’s rejection of noumenal being continues the Kant critique in Beauvoir’s systematic backdrop. — connects to: Phenomena are genuinely in-itself rather than noumenal appearances; Unknown reality is a relative historical condition, not a metaphysical unknowable; Phenomenology investigates direct experience of phenomena rather than questions of reality — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 11 (+2 more)
• DEFINE: Defines transphenomenal being: the being of the table/tobacco/lamp is ‘in itself,’ not noumenally hidden.

Broader Connections

• Phenomena are genuinely in-itself rather than noumenal appearances #corroborates (0.92)
• Phenomenology investigates direct experience of phenomena rather than questions of reality #corroborates (0.85) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 11
• Unknown reality is a relative historical condition, not a metaphysical unknowable #expands (0.70)