British idealism

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British idealism was a late 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement in Britain that emphasized the fundamentally mental or spiritual nature of reality, heavily influenced by German idealists like Hegel.

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British idealism canonical 15
British Idealism 5
British idealists 1

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instanceOf idealism
philosophical movement
associatedWithInstitution University of Cambridge
University of Glasgow
University of Oxford
University of St Andrews
coreIdea ethical life is rooted in social institutions
individuals are aspects of a larger spiritual whole
knowledge is shaped by conceptual structures
reality is fundamentally mental or spiritual
the self is socially and historically embedded
the universe is an interconnected whole
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
declinedIn early 20th century
emergedIn late 19th century
flourishedIn early 20th century
late 19th century
hasNotablePhilosopher Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison
Bernard Bosanquet
Edward Caird
F. H. Bradley
Henry Jones
J. M. E. McTaggart
John Caird
R. G. Collingwood
T. H. Green
influenced 20th-century British theology
British social liberalism
R. G. Collingwood
welfare state thought in Britain
influencedBy Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
G. W. F. Hegel
German idealism
Immanuel Kant
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
mainInterest ethics
metaphysics
philosophy of religion
political philosophy
movementLanguage English
opposedBy Bertrand Russell
G. E. Moore
analytic philosophy
logical positivism
viewOnFreedom freedom is self-realization within social institutions
viewOnLogic reality is ultimately rational
viewOnMorality morality is realized in social life
viewOnReality the absolute is a single all-encompassing spiritual whole
viewOnReligion religion expresses the relation of the finite self to the absolute
viewOnState the state is an ethical organism

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Michael Oakeshott movement British idealism
Michael Oakeshott influencedBy British idealists
linked to: British idealism
Edward Douglas Fawcett movement British idealism
J. M. E. McTaggart movement British idealism
C. A. Campbell movement British idealism
C. A. Campbell movement Scottish idealism
linked to: British idealism
Thomas Hill Green movement British Idealism
linked to: British idealism
Michael Oakeshott movement British idealism
subject linked to: Oakeshott
F. H. Bradley movement British idealism
John Grote movement British idealism
The Inductions of Ethics influencedBy British Idealism
linked to: British idealism
James Martineau movement British Idealism
linked to: British idealism
Prolegomena to Ethics philosophicalSchool British idealism
Prolegomena to Ethics influenced British idealism
Bernard Bosanquet movement British idealism
Thomas Hill Green movement British Idealism
subject linked to: Thomas
linked to: British idealism
Thomas Hill Green philosophicalSchool British Idealism
subject linked to: Thomas
linked to: British idealism
Horace William Brindley Joseph movement British idealism
subject linked to: Horace William Brindley