functional phenomenon, n.All

A Functional phenomenon (n.) appears ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠between sleep and waking, when the dream represents not a thought but the dreamer's own state — his fatigue, his struggle against sleep.

A Functional phenomenon (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the drowsy thinker's image depicting not his thought but his effort — Kant's argument becomes a disobliging secretary who refuses to look up.

The Functional phenomenon (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a drowsy thinker's vision that pictures not his thought but his state: trying to recall an opinion, Silberer saw a sullen secretary refusing to help.