Is there an objective world?

[Adutiya]

Book of Analysis, the sense bases (Vb2): translator's introduction

“phenomena”, “mental phenomena”, “thoughts” “ideas”. Literally, but not philosophically (because it’s different to how Kant used it), the best term would be “noumena”. A dhamma, see above for translations. No. The suttas do not use the word “object” at all. The whole point of the word “object” is that it signifies things that exist “objectively” relative to the observer. But a “sight” for example, does not: a specific sight is only seen by that observer in that moment, never before or after…