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transcendental idealism

transcendental idealism noun: a school of philosophy first proposed by Immanuel Kant. It can be juxtaposed with transcendental realism in that it views things in terms of how they appear to the actor rather than how they actually are.

Noun

transcendental idealism (countable and uncountable, plural transcendental idealisms)

  1. A school of philosophy first proposed by Immanuel Kant. It can be juxtaposed with transcendental realism in that it views things in terms of how they appear to the actor rather than how they actually are.

Forms of transcendental idealism

pluraltranscendental idealisms

Questions about transcendental idealism

What does transcendental idealism mean?
Transcendental idealism means a school of philosophy first proposed by Immanuel Kant. It can be juxtaposed with transcendental realism in that it views things in terms of how they appear to the actor rather than how they actually are.
What part of speech is transcendental idealism?
Transcendental idealism is a noun.
What is the plural of transcendental idealism?
The plural of transcendental idealism is transcendental idealisms.

Words near transcendental idealism in the dictionary

  1. transcendental critiques
  2. transcendental ego
  3. transcendental egos
  4. transcendental function
  5. transcendental functions
  6. transcendental idealism
  7. transcendental idealisms
  8. transcendental materialism
  9. transcendental meditation
  10. transcendental meditations
  11. transcendental number

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