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.

Further reading

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