German idealism
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German idealism is a philosophical movement that emerged in late 18th- and early 19th-century Germany, emphasizing the active, constructive role of the mind in shaping reality and including thinkers such as Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| German Idealism | 84 |
| German idealism canonical | 80 |
| German Idealism (precursor) | 1 |
| Hegelian idealism | 1 |
| Hegelianism | 1 |
| Jena school of philosophy | 1 |
| Schellingian idealism | 1 |
| absolute idealism | 1 |
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Target entity: German idealism Context triple: [Wilhelm von Humboldt, movement, German idealism]
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
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Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen is a renowned German research university, historically significant in physics and mathematics and once a leading center for theoretical science in Europe.
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American Romantic nationalism
American Romantic nationalism was a 19th-century cultural and artistic movement in the United States that celebrated the nation’s revolutionary past, heroic leaders, and unique landscape to foster a distinct American identity.
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Germany
Germany is a major Central European country known for its pivotal role in 20th-century history, its strong industrial economy, and its influential contributions to science, philosophy, music, and engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: German idealism Target entity description: German idealism is a philosophical movement that emerged in late 18th- and early 19th-century Germany, emphasizing the active, constructive role of the mind in shaping reality and including thinkers such as Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
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B.
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen is a renowned German research university, historically significant in physics and mathematics and once a leading center for theoretical science in Europe.
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Enlightened absolutism
Enlightened absolutism was a form of monarchy in 18th-century Europe in which rulers embraced certain Enlightenment ideas—such as legal reform, religious tolerance, and rational administration—while retaining absolute political power.
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American Romantic nationalism
American Romantic nationalism was a 19th-century cultural and artistic movement in the United States that celebrated the nation’s revolutionary past, heroic leaders, and unique landscape to foster a distinct American identity.
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Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
idealism
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philosophical movement ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
emphasis on subject–object relation
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freedom as central to rational agency ⓘ historical development of reason ⓘ priority of the self or subject in knowledge ⓘ reality is mediated by categories of thought ⓘ the mind plays an active role in constituting reality ⓘ unity of theoretical and practical reason ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Kantian philosophy ⓘ |
| developedIn | universities in Germany ⓘ |
| endTime | early 19th century ⓘ |
| era | modern philosophy ⓘ |
| field |
aesthetics
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epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext |
aftermath of the Enlightenment
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post-Kantian philosophy ⓘ rise of Romanticism in Germany ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
Spirit (Geist)
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autonomy ⓘ dialectic ⓘ freedom ⓘ intellectual intuition ⓘ phenomenology of spirit ⓘ self-consciousness ⓘ the Absolute ⓘ thing-in-itself (as problem and target of critique) ⓘ transcendental subject ⓘ |
| hasMainProponent |
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
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G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Immanuel Kant ⓘ Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ |
| hasSubMovement |
Fichtean idealism
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German idealism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hegelian idealism
Schellingian idealism ⓘ absolute idealism ⓘ |
| influenced |
American transcendentalism
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British idealism ⓘ Marxism ⓘ absolute idealism ⓘ critical theory ⓘ existentialism ⓘ neo-Kantianism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ process philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baruch Spinoza
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Christian Wolff ⓘ Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ
surface form:
German Romanticism
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ transcendental idealism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainRegion | German-speaking Europe ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Critique of Pure Reason
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phenomenology of spirit ⓘ
surface form:
Phenomenology of Spirit
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) ⓘ Science of Logic ⓘ System of Transcendental Idealism ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
empiricism
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mechanistic materialism ⓘ naive realism ⓘ |
| startTime | late 18th century ⓘ |
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Subject: German idealism Description of subject: German idealism is a philosophical movement that emerged in late 18th- and early 19th-century Germany, emphasizing the active, constructive role of the mind in shaping reality and including thinkers such as Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.
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