Transcendental Idealism

Transcendental idealism is a doctrine founded by German philosopher Immanuel Kant in the 18th century. Kant's doctrine maintains that human experience of things is similar to the way they appear to us — implying a fundamentally subject-based component, rather than being an activity that directly (and therefore without any obvious causal link) comprehends the things as they are in and of themselves.

Read more about Transcendental Idealism:  Background, Kant, Historical Parallels, Schopenhauer, P. F. Strawson, Henry Allison, Opposing Realism

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