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Full Idea
The Idealist saw in Kant that knowledge, which depends on the spontaneity of judgement, and self-determined spontaneous action, can be seen as sharing the same source, which is not accessible to scientific investigation.
Gist of Idea
The Idealists saw the same unexplained spontaneity in Kant's judgements and choices
Source
Andrew Bowie (German Philosophy: a very short introduction [2010])
Book Ref
Bowie,Andrew: 'German Philosophy: very short intro' [OUP 2010], p.33
A Reaction
This is the 'spontaneity' of judgements and choices which was seen as the main idea in Kant. It inspired romantic individualism. The judgements are the rule-based application of concepts.
| 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] |