German idealism

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf idealism ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
coreIdea emphasis on subject–object relation ⓘ
freedom as central to rational agency ⓘ
historical development of reason ⓘ
priority of the self or subject in knowledge ⓘ
reality is mediated by categories of thought ⓘ
the mind plays an active role in constituting reality ⓘ
unity of theoretical and practical reason ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
developedFrom Kantian philosophy ⓘ
developedIn universities in Germany ⓘ
endTime early 19th century ⓘ
era modern philosophy ⓘ
field aesthetics ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext aftermath of the Enlightenment ⓘ
post-Kantian philosophy ⓘ
rise of Romanticism in Germany ⓘ
hasKeyConcept Spirit (Geist) ⓘ
autonomy ⓘ
dialectic ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
intellectual intuition ⓘ
phenomenology of spirit ⓘ
self-consciousness ⓘ
the Absolute ⓘ
thing-in-itself (as problem and target of critique) ⓘ
transcendental subject ⓘ
hasMainProponent Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ⓘ
linked to: G. W. F. Hegel

Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ
hasSubMovement Fichtean idealism ⓘ
Hegelian idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism

Schellingian idealism ⓘ
absolute idealism ⓘ
influenced American transcendentalism ⓘ
British idealism ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
absolute idealism ⓘ
critical theory ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
neo-Kantianism ⓘ
phenomenology ⓘ
process philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
Christian Wolff ⓘ
Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
German Romanticism ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ
transcendental idealism ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainRegion German-speaking Europe ⓘ
notableWork Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
Phenomenology of Spirit ⓘ
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) ⓘ
Science of Logic ⓘ
System of Transcendental Idealism ⓘ
opposedTo empiricism ⓘ
mechanistic materialism ⓘ
naive realism ⓘ
startTime late 18th century ⓘ

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Wilhelm von Humboldt → movement → German idealism ⓘ
Immanuel Kant → movement → German Idealism ⓘ
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Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
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German idealism → hasSubMovement → Hegelian idealism ⓘ
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Transcendentalism → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
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German Enlightenment → influenced → German Idealism ⓘ
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Ethics (Spinoza) → influenced → German Idealism ⓘ
subject linked to: Ethics
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G. W. F. Hegel → movement → German idealism ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel → philosophicalSchool → German idealism ⓘ
Deus sive Natura → influenced → German Idealism ⓘ
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the Absolute → field → German idealism ⓘ
Science of Knowledge → philosophicalTradition → German idealism ⓘ
Johann Gottlieb Fichte → movement → German Idealism ⓘ
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte → philosophicalSchool → German Idealism ⓘ
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System of Transcendental Idealism → philosophicalSchool → Schellingian idealism ⓘ
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thing-in-itself → belongsToPhilosophicalTradition → German idealism ⓘ
subject linked to: thing-in-itself (noumenon)
Science of Logic → philosophicalTradition → German idealism ⓘ
Critique of the Power of Judgment → influenceOn → German Idealism ⓘ
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling → movement → German Idealism ⓘ
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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics → influenced → German Idealism ⓘ
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Immanuel Kant → influenced → German idealism ⓘ
subject linked to: Immanuel
Samuel Taylor Coleridge → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
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Nature (essay) → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
subject linked to: Nature
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The American Scholar → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
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Thomas Carlyle → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
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Essays: Second Series → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
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Reason and Revolution → mainSubject → German idealism ⓘ
the Over-Soul → influencedBy → German idealism ⓘ
Self-Reliance → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
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Bronson Alcott → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
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Romantic nationalism → influencedBy → German Idealism ⓘ
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Deutsche Aufklärung → influenced → German Idealism ⓘ
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Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata → influenced → German Idealism ⓘ
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Opera Posthuma → influenced → German Idealism ⓘ
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Transcendental Analytic → influenced → German Idealism ⓘ
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Neoplatonism → influenced → German Idealism ⓘ
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Johann Gottfried Herder → movement → German Idealism (precursor) ⓘ
subject linked to: Gottfried
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Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature → philosophicalTradition → German Idealism ⓘ
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Felix Adler → influencedBy → German idealism ⓘ