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objective idealism

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noun

Philosophy.
  1. a form of idealism asserting that the act of experiencing has a reality combining and transcending the natures of the object experienced and of the mind of the observer.


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While this philosophy is usually termed absolute or objective idealism, it might better be termed, for educational purposes at least, institutional idealism.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John

This is Pantheism, or objective idealism, as distinguished from the subjective idealism of Fichte.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various

The more important point is to perceive how far the "thought" which figures in objective idealism comes from meeting the empirical demands made upon actual thought.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

On the other hand, where simplicity is waived, as in the logic of objective idealism, there is88 still no criterion of logical adequacy.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

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