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German Idealism's Core Pursuit
- German Idealism, spanning from Kant to Schelling, explores the "absolute", the unconditioned.
- It seeks to synthesize knowing and being, thought and being.
Philosophical Idealism
- In philosophy, idealism posits that the world exists within the mind.
- Mind is the primary category through which everything else is understood.
Kant's Transcendental Idealism
- Kant's transcendental idealism proposes that our minds structure experience through pre-existing categories like space, time, and causality.
- This limits knowledge to appearances, not things-in-themselves, to preserve freedom.