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Full Idea
The aim of transcendental idealism is to give a basis for objectivity in terms of subjectivity.
Gist of Idea
Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity
Source
Andrew Bowie (German Philosophy: a very short introduction [2010], 1)
Book Ref
Bowie,Andrew: 'German Philosophy: very short intro' [OUP 2010], p.10
A Reaction
Hume used subjectivity to undermine the findings of objectivity. There was then no return to naive objectivity. Kant's aim then was to thwart global scepticism. Post-Kantians feared that he had failed.
| 22055 | The Idealists saw the same unexplained spontaneity in Kant's judgements and choices [Bowie] |
| 22049 | Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity [Bowie] |
| 22054 | German Idealism tried to stop oppositions of appearances/things and receptivity/spontaneity [Bowie] |
| 22056 | Crucial to Idealism is the idea of continuity between receptivity and spontaneous judgement [Bowie] |
| 20942 | Nazis think race predetermines the self [Bowie] |
| 20946 | Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie] |
| 20950 | German Idealism says our thinking and nature have the same rational structure [Bowie] |
| 20955 | Art can make reason more all-inclusive, by articulating what seemed inexpressible [Bowie] |