Full Idea
Idealism explains appearances by identifying appearances with reality.
Gist of Idea
Idealism explains appearances by identifying appearances with reality
Source
John Heil (Philosophy of Mind [1998], Ch.2)
Book Reference
Heil,John: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Routledge 1998], p.34
A Reaction
Nicely put. There is a certain intellectual integrity about idealism, but it is still mad. The overall picture seems to me incoherent if we don't assume that appearances are bringing us close to reality (without ever quite getting there).