Ideas from 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction' by Andrew Bowie [2010], by Theme Structure

[found in 'German Philosophy: very short intro' by Bowie,Andrew [OUP 2010,978-01995-6925-0]].

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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism
Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
The Idealists saw the same unexplained spontaneity in Kant's judgements and choices
German Idealism tried to stop oppositions of appearances/things and receptivity/spontaneity
Crucial to Idealism is the idea of continuity between receptivity and spontaneous judgement