Western idealism
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Western idealism is a broad philosophical tradition that emphasizes the primacy of mind, ideas, or consciousness in constituting reality, as developed by thinkers such as Plato, Kant, and Hegel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Idealism | 2 |
| Western idealism canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western idealism Context triple: [An Idealist View of Life, influencedBy, Western 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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Fichtean idealism
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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Italian idealism
Italian idealism is a philosophical movement that developed in Italy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, emphasizing the role of spirit, history, and culture in shaping reality and knowledge.
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Neo-Kantianism
Neo-Kantianism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement that revived and reinterpreted Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy, emphasizing the role of a priori concepts and the conditions of knowledge in science, ethics, and culture.
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British idealism
British idealism was a late 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement in Britain that emphasized the fundamentally mental or spiritual nature of reality, heavily influenced by German idealists like Hegel.
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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: Western idealism Target entity description: Western idealism is a broad philosophical tradition that emphasizes the primacy of mind, ideas, or consciousness in constituting reality, as developed by thinkers such as Plato, Kant, and Hegel.
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A.
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.
Fichtean idealism
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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C.
Italian idealism
Italian idealism is a philosophical movement that developed in Italy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, emphasizing the role of spirit, history, and culture in shaping reality and knowledge.
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D.
Neo-Kantianism
Neo-Kantianism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement that revived and reinterpreted Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy, emphasizing the role of a priori concepts and the conditions of knowledge in science, ethics, and culture.
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E.
British idealism
British idealism was a late 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement in Britain that emphasized the fundamentally mental or spiritual nature of reality, heavily influenced by German idealists like Hegel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
idealism
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metaphysical doctrine ⓘ philosophical tradition ⓘ |
| addresses |
conditions of possibility of experience
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nature of reality ⓘ relationship between mind and world ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
materialism
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physicalism ⓘ realism (philosophy) ⓘ |
| developedBy |
G. W. F. Hegel
NERFINISHED
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Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn | Western philosophy ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
primacy of consciousness
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primacy of ideas ⓘ primacy of mind ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
appearance and reality distinction
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dialectic ⓘ forms or ideas ⓘ self-consciousness ⓘ thing-in-itself (noumenon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
NERFINISHED
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G. W. F. Hegel NERFINISHED ⓘ George Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Gottlieb Fichte NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorPeriod | German Idealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginPeriod | ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| holdsThat | reality is fundamentally mental or mind-dependent ⓘ |
| includesSubtradition |
Platonic idealism
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absolute idealism ⓘ objective idealism ⓘ subjective idealism ⓘ transcendental idealism ⓘ |
| influenced |
American idealism
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British idealism ⓘ absolute idealism ⓘ existentialism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ process philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
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Enlightenment philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ empiricism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ |
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Subject: Western idealism Description of subject: Western idealism is a broad philosophical tradition that emphasizes the primacy of mind, ideas, or consciousness in constituting reality, as developed by thinkers such as Plato, Kant, and Hegel.
Referenced by (3)
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Idealism
this entity surface form:
Idealism