1. Schopenhauer criticised Kant for changing the meaning of " noumenon ". 2. In contrast to a phenomenon, a noumenon is not directly accessible to observation. 3. Schopenhauer departed from Kant in his description of the relationship between the phenomenon and the noumenon . 4. The " things " we are conscious of are " mere concepts ", not noumenon . 5. The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant, who contrasted it with the noumenon . 6. It is for this reason that Schopenhauer identifies the " noumenon " with what we call our will. 7. Our representation of the world is Phenomenon, while the unknowable reality is Noumenon : concepts originally posited by Kant. 8. This is also similar to Kant's phenomenon and noumenon but derived logically from the properties of the sensors. 9. Music videos were created for " Noumenon and Phenomenon ", " Ascension Chamber " and " The Iconoclast ". 10. The band's name comes from the word " noumenon ", a philosophical term used by Immanuel Kant.