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)
- (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.
Further reading
- Paul Guyer, Rolf-Peter Horstmann (September 2022) “Idealism”, in Edward N. Zalta, Uri Nodelman, editors, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, retrieved 15 November 2022