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A phenomenon is any observable event or occurrence that you can witness or perceive in the world around you, like a match burning. Understanding phenomena matters because it helps us describe and make sense of what happens in nature and everyday life.
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thumb|The combustion of a match is an observable occurrence, or event, and therefore a phenomenon.
A phenomenon ( phenomena), sometimes spelled phaenomenon, is an observable event. The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant, who contrasted it with the noumenon, which cannot be directly observed. Kant was heavily influenced by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in this part of his philosophy, in which phenomenon and noumenon serve as interrelated technical terms. Far predating this, the ancient Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher Sextus Empiricus also used phenomenon and noumenon as interrelated technical terms.