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Idealism - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
Idealism is a philosophical theory asserting that reality, or reality as we can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial. It emphasizes the central role of the mind in interpreting the world and posits that ideas or the spirit constitute the essence of reality. | |||
Epistemology, philosophy: examines the conditions for the emergence of knowledge and the basis for justification and confirmation. Epistemology cannot explain special cases in which someone who has less information may give more correct answers. See also knowledge, theory, justification, confirmation, reliability._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Adorno, Th.W. | Epistemology | Adorno | |
Berkeley, George | Epistemology | Berkeley | |
Brandom, Robert | Epistemology | Brandom | |
Brentano, Franz | Epistemology | Brentano | |
Carnap, Rudolf | Epistemology | Carnap | |
Chalmers, David | Epistemology | Chalmers | |
Dilthey, Wilhelm | Epistemology | Dilthey | |
Frege, Gottlob | Epistemology | Frege | |
Gadamer, Hans-Georg | Epistemology | Gadamer | |
Goodman, Nelson | Epistemology | Goodman | |
Hume, David | Epistemology | Hume | |
Idealism | Epistemology | Idealism | |
Kant, Immanuel | Epistemology | Kant | |
Kutschera, Franz von | Epistemology | Kutschera | |
Locke, John | Epistemology | Locke | |
McGinn, Colin | Epistemology | McGinn | |
Millikan, Ruth | Epistemology | Millikan | |
Nagel, Thomas | Epistemology | Nagel | |
Popper, Karl | Epistemology | Popper | |
Putnam, Hilary | Epistemology | Putnam | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Epistemology | Quine | |
Rorty, Richard | Epistemology | Rorty | |
Russell, Bertrand | Epistemology | Russell | |
Ryle, Gilbert | Epistemology | Ryle | |
Searle, John R. | Epistemology | Searle | |
Sellars, Wilfrid | Epistemology | Sellars | |
Sophists | Epistemology | Sophists | |
Vollmer, Gerhard | Epistemology | Vollmer | |
Williams, Michael | Epistemology | Williams | |
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