Fichtean idealism
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Fichtean idealism is a form of German idealist philosophy developed by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that emphasizes the self-positing activity of the ego as the foundation of all reality and knowledge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fichtean idealism canonical | 1 |
| Post-Kantian philosophy | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fichtean idealism Context triple: [German idealism, hasSubMovement, Fichtean idealism]
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German idealism
German idealism is a philosophical movement that emerged in late 18th- and early 19th-century Germany, emphasizing the active, constructive role of the mind in shaping reality and including thinkers such as Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.
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transcendental idealism
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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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German Idealist philosopher known for his work on nature, freedom, and the development of a dynamic, evolving conception of reality.
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G. W. F. Hegel
G. W. F. Hegel was a German idealist philosopher whose dialectical method and comprehensive system of absolute idealism profoundly influenced 19th- and 20th-century philosophy, politics, and theology.
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Critique of Practical Reason
Critique of Practical Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on moral philosophy, in which he systematically develops his theory of practical reason and the foundations of ethics.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fichtean idealism Target entity description: Fichtean idealism is a form of German idealist philosophy developed by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that emphasizes the self-positing activity of the ego as the foundation of all reality and knowledge.
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German idealism
German idealism is a philosophical movement that emerged in late 18th- and early 19th-century Germany, emphasizing the active, constructive role of the mind in shaping reality and including thinkers such as Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.
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B.
transcendental idealism
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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C.
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German Idealist philosopher known for his work on nature, freedom, and the development of a dynamic, evolving conception of reality.
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G. W. F. Hegel
G. W. F. Hegel was a German idealist philosopher whose dialectical method and comprehensive system of absolute idealism profoundly influenced 19th- and 20th-century philosophy, politics, and theology.
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Critique of Practical Reason
Critique of Practical Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on moral philosophy, in which he systematically develops his theory of practical reason and the foundations of ethics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German idealism
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philosophical doctrine ⓘ transcendental idealism ⓘ |
| aim | to ground philosophy as a rigorous science ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Foundations of Natural Right
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Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) ⓘ
surface form:
Foundations of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre
The System of Ethics ⓘ
surface form:
System of Ethics
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) ⓘ
surface form:
Wissenschaftslehre
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| contrastsWith |
empirical realism
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materialism ⓘ naive realism ⓘ |
| coreClaim |
subject and object are grounded in the activity of the I
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the I posits itself ⓘ the I posits the not-I ⓘ the activity of the ego is the foundation of all knowledge ⓘ the activity of the ego is the foundation of all reality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| developedBy | Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ |
| discipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| epistemologicalStance | constructivism about objects of experience ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
German Enlightenment
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Romanticism ⓘ
surface form:
Jena Romanticism
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| influenced |
German idealism
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Hegelian idealism ⓘ Schellingian idealism ⓘ existentialism ⓘ neo-Kantianism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Immanuel Kant
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transcendental idealism ⓘ
surface form:
Kantian transcendental idealism
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| language | German ⓘ |
| mainConcept |
I
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absolute ego ⓘ non-I ⓘ self-positing ego ⓘ |
| metaphysicalStance | idealism ⓘ |
| method | transcendental deduction from the I ⓘ |
| period |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | post-Kantian philosophy ⓘ |
| subDiscipline |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| viewOnFreedom | freedom is fundamental to the I ⓘ |
| viewOnMoralLaw | moral law is grounded in the self-positing I ⓘ |
| viewOnObject | objects are limits posited to the I's activity ⓘ |
| viewOnReality | reality is constituted by the activity of the I ⓘ |
| viewOnSelf | the self is an active process rather than a substance ⓘ |
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