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Full Idea
Neither German nor British Idealism reduced reality to episodes in the minds of individuals. Instsead, they insisted that reality is intelligible only because it is a manifestation of a divine spirit or rational principle.
Gist of Idea
German and British idealism is not about individual ideas, but the intelligibility of reality
Source
Hans-Johann Glock (What is Analytic Philosophy? [2008], 5.2)
Book Ref
Glock,Han-Johann: 'What is Analytic Philosophy?' [CUP 2008], p.127
A Reaction
They standardly reject Berkeley. Such Idealism seems either to be the design argument for God's existence, or neo-Stoicism (in its claim that nature is rational). Why not just say that nature seems to be intelligible, and stop there?
| 22332 | German and British idealism is not about individual ideas, but the intelligibility of reality [Glock] |
| 22334 | Analysis must include definitions, search for simples, concept analysis, and Kant's analysis [Glock] |
| 22336 | We might say that the family resemblance is just a consequence of meaning-as-use [Glock] |
| 22335 | The variety of uses of 'game' may be that it has several meanings, and isn't a single concept [Glock] |