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All the ideas for 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction', 'Schopenhauer' and 'The Work of a Free Person'

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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism
Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity [Bowie]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
Fichte, Schelling and Hegel rejected transcendental idealism [Lewis,PB]
The Idealists saw the same unexplained spontaneity in Kant's judgements and choices [Bowie]
German Idealism tried to stop oppositions of appearances/things and receptivity/spontaneity [Bowie]
Crucial to Idealism is the idea of continuity between receptivity and spontaneous judgement [Bowie]
Fichte, Hegel and Schelling developed versions of Absolute Idealism [Lewis,PB]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism
Once money is the main aim, society needs everyone to think wealth is possible [Weil]