transcendental idealism

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epistemological doctrine metaphysical position philosophical theory theory of knowledge

Transcendental idealism is Immanuel Kant’s influential theory that human experience of objects is shaped by the mind’s a priori structures, so we can know phenomena as they appear to us but not things-in-themselves.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
transcendental idealism canonical	4
Kantian transcendental idealism	1
Transcendental Aesthetic	1
Transcendental idealism	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epistemological doctrine ⓘ metaphysical position ⓘ philosophical theory ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ
aimsToSolve	problem of synthetic a priori knowledge ⓘ
claimsAboutScience	empirical science is valid within the realm of possible experience ⓘ
coreClaim	human cognition structures experience through a priori forms and categories ⓘ we can know objects only as they appear to us, not as they are in themselves ⓘ
criticizedBy	Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ Bertrand Russell ⓘ G. E. Moore ⓘ logical positivists ⓘ
developedBy	Immanuel Kant ⓘ
distinguishes	noumena ⓘ phenomena ⓘ
grounds	the possibility of objective experience ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century philosophy ⓘ
holdsAboutNoumena	noumena are things-in-themselves that cannot be known theoretically ⓘ
holdsAboutPhenomena	phenomena are objects as they appear under the conditions of human sensibility and understanding ⓘ
influenced	20th-century epistemology ⓘ Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ Neo-Kantianism ⓘ analytic philosophy of mind ⓘ constructivist epistemology ⓘ contemporary Kant scholarship ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ
limits	the scope of theoretical reason ⓘ
mainWork	Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
mediatesBetween	empiricism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ
method	transcendental argument ⓘ transcendental deduction ⓘ
opposes	empirical idealism ⓘ transcendent metaphysics that claims knowledge of things-in-themselves ⓘ
philosophicalMovement	German idealism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	German philosophy ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	Copernican revolution in philosophy ⓘ
usesConcept	a priori forms of intuition ⓘ categories of the understanding ⓘ space ⓘ synthetic a priori judgments ⓘ time ⓘ transcendental apperception ⓘ
viewOnCausality	causality is a category imposed by the understanding on appearances ⓘ
viewOnObjects	objects of experience are constituted through the synthesis of intuitions and concepts ⓘ
viewOnSpaceAndTime	space and time are a priori forms of human sensibility, not properties of things-in-themselves ⓘ
viewOnThingInItself	the thing-in-itself exists but is unknowable by theoretical reason ⓘ

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Critique of Pure Reason → containsPart → transcendental idealism ⓘ

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Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) → philosophicalTradition → transcendental idealism ⓘ

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Johann Gottlieb Fichte → movement → transcendental idealism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transcendental idealism

Fichtean idealism → influencedBy → transcendental idealism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kantian transcendental idealism

The System of Ethics → hasPhilosophicalSchool → transcendental idealism ⓘ