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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

4591	Idealism explains appearances by identifying appearances with reality [Heil]
	Full Idea: Idealism explains appearances by identifying appearances with reality.
	From: John Heil (Philosophy of Mind [1998], Ch.2)
	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).