absolute idealism

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut/, /ˌæb.səˈljut/ + IPA(key): /aɪˈdi.əˌlɪz.m̩/, /aɪˈdɪ.əˌlɪz.m̩/

Noun

absolute idealism (countable and uncountable, plural absolute idealisms)

  1. (philosophy) A philosophy originally developed by certain German idealists such as Hegel and Schelling, which affirms that reality is grounded in cognition as a single, fundamental and unlimited principle of being that unites subject and object.

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