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n. tendency to form ideals, tendency to live according to some standard of perfection, pursuit of high and noble goals | ||||
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Idealism Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Idealism
(n.)
The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
(n.)
The quality or state of being ideal.
(n.)
Conception of the ideal; imagery.
(n.)
The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
(n.)
The quality or state of being ideal.
(n.)
Conception of the ideal; imagery.
| WordNet 2.0 |
idealism
Noun
1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality
(hypernym) philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
(classification) philosophy
2. impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
(hypernym) impracticality
(hyponym) romanticism
3. elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
(synonym) high-mindedness, noble-mindedness
(hypernym) nobility, magnanimousness, grandeur
Noun
1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality
(hypernym) philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
(classification) philosophy
2. impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
(hypernym) impracticality
(hyponym) romanticism
3. elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
(synonym) high-mindedness, noble-mindedness
(hypernym) nobility, magnanimousness, grandeur
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
idealism
1 a (1): a theory that ultimate reality lies in a realm transcending phenomena (2): a theory that the essential nature of reality lies in consciousness or reason b (1): a theory that only the perceptible is real (2): a theory that only mental states or entities are knowable 2 a: the practice of forming ideals or living under their influence b: something that is idealized 3: literary or artistic theory or practice that affirms the preeminent value of imagination as compared with faithful copying of nature--
1 a (1): a theory that ultimate reality lies in a realm transcending phenomena (2): a theory that the essential nature of reality lies in consciousness or reason b (1): a theory that only the perceptible is real (2): a theory that only mental states or entities are knowable 2 a: the practice of forming ideals or living under their influence b: something that is idealized 3: literary or artistic theory or practice that affirms the preeminent value of imagination as compared with faithful copying of nature--
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idealism
idealism
\i*de"al*ism\, n. the practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns; -- opposed to realism. [
idealism
\i*de"al*ism\ (?), n. [cf. f. idéalisme.]
1. the quality or state of being ideal.
2. conception of the ideal; imagery.
3. (philos.) the system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
idealism
\i*de"al*ism\, n. the practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns; -- opposed to realism. [
idealism
\i*de"al*ism\ (?), n. [cf. f. idéalisme.]
1. the quality or state of being ideal.
2. conception of the ideal; imagery.
3. (philos.) the system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
Idealism Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Idealism
Idealism Philosophical systems based fundamentally on consciousness, as contrasted with systems based on sensation or materialism. It affirms that the universe is an imbodiment of mind or, as stated by theosophy, the aggregated imbodiments of hierarchies of minds proceeding from a unitary divine root or universal hierarch. It states that reality is essentially divine, spiritual, or noumenal and, on a lower plane, that the psychic is noumenal to the physical, which is its phenomenon. As a theory of knowledge, idealism identifies reality, so far as humankind is concerned, with inner conscious experience, or asserts that the mental life alone is truly knowable.
Subjective idealism denies the existence of objective reality altogether, except perhaps as illusory, as for instance in the views of Berkeley. Objective idealism, such as the system of Schelling, recognizes the existence of objective worlds while regarding the ideal world as the primary production and paramount: the external world has a relative and temporary or mayavi reality. This latter view is the only strictly logical one; for if we annihilate the object, we must thereby annihilate the subject also, these two terms having no meaning except relatively to each other. In any theory of knowledge, there must be knower and thing known; and the latter is objective to the former. Absolute idealism logically is as unthinkable as is absolute materialism. See also Maya
Idealism Philosophical systems based fundamentally on consciousness, as contrasted with systems based on sensation or materialism. It affirms that the universe is an imbodiment of mind or, as stated by theosophy, the aggregated imbodiments of hierarchies of minds proceeding from a unitary divine root or universal hierarch. It states that reality is essentially divine, spiritual, or noumenal and, on a lower plane, that the psychic is noumenal to the physical, which is its phenomenon. As a theory of knowledge, idealism identifies reality, so far as humankind is concerned, with inner conscious experience, or asserts that the mental life alone is truly knowable.
Subjective idealism denies the existence of objective reality altogether, except perhaps as illusory, as for instance in the views of Berkeley. Objective idealism, such as the system of Schelling, recognizes the existence of objective worlds while regarding the ideal world as the primary production and paramount: the external world has a relative and temporary or mayavi reality. This latter view is the only strictly logical one; for if we annihilate the object, we must thereby annihilate the subject also, these two terms having no meaning except relatively to each other. In any theory of knowledge, there must be knower and thing known; and the latter is objective to the former. Absolute idealism logically is as unthinkable as is absolute materialism. See also Maya
Idealism Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary |
Idealism
See Absolute idealism ; Objective idealism ; Voluntaristic idealism ; Subjective Idealism ; Christian idealism ; Classical idealism ; Kantianism ; Epistemological idealism ; Kantianism ; and Voluntarism
See Absolute idealism ; Objective idealism ; Voluntaristic idealism ; Subjective Idealism ; Christian idealism ; Classical idealism ; Kantianism ; Epistemological idealism ; Kantianism ; and Voluntarism
| Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind |
idealism
A brand of monism , first forwarded by Berkeley, in which everything is mental, as contrasted to materialism .
<Discussion> <References> Chris Eliasmith
A brand of monism , first forwarded by Berkeley, in which everything is mental, as contrasted to materialism .
<Discussion> <References> Chris Eliasmith
| Kant Glossary |
IDEALISM
[Bxxxv] Although Kant is himself a transcendental idealist (and empirical realist), one of his main concern is to destroy idealism--namely, dogmatic and problematic idealism, both of which rest on (in Kant's view) bogus notion of transcendental realism--by means of the critique of reason. Thus in the Preface to B he writes "criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and skepticism, which are dangerous chiefly to the schools" (in fact, he argues that the very same transcendental illusions which help motivate idealism also motivate materialism, fatalism, atheism, and moral free-thinking). [A377] "The dogmatic idealist would be one who denies the existence of matter, the skeptical idealist one who doubts its existence, because thinking it to be incapable of proof", while the transcendental idealist adopts empirical realism and judges appearances as empirically real objects according to the criteria "whatever is connected with a perception according to empirical laws, is actual".
[Bxxxv] Although Kant is himself a transcendental idealist (and empirical realist), one of his main concern is to destroy idealism--namely, dogmatic and problematic idealism, both of which rest on (in Kant's view) bogus notion of transcendental realism--by means of the critique of reason. Thus in the Preface to B he writes "criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and skepticism, which are dangerous chiefly to the schools" (in fact, he argues that the very same transcendental illusions which help motivate idealism also motivate materialism, fatalism, atheism, and moral free-thinking). [A377] "The dogmatic idealist would be one who denies the existence of matter, the skeptical idealist one who doubts its existence, because thinking it to be incapable of proof", while the transcendental idealist adopts empirical realism and judges appearances as empirically real objects according to the criteria "whatever is connected with a perception according to empirical laws, is actual".
Idealism Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Idealism
presenting 'ideal types' rather than as they really are; the material world and the external evironment do not exist in reality only as constructs of the mind - wow!
presenting 'ideal types' rather than as they really are; the material world and the external evironment do not exist in reality only as constructs of the mind - wow!
Idealism Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Idealism
- This article is about the philosophical notion of idealism. Idealism is also a term in international relations theory and in Christian eschatology.
Idealism is the doctrine that ideas, or thought, make up either the whole or an indispensable aspect of any full reality, so that a world of material objects containing no thought either could not exist as it is experienced, or would not be fully "real." Idealism is often contrasted with materialism, both belonging to the class of monist as opposed to dualist or pluralist ontologies. (Note that this contrast between idealism and materialism has to do with the question of the nature of reality as such — it has nothing to do with advocating high moral standards, or the like.) Subjective Idealists and Phenomenalists (such as George Berkeley) hold that minds and their experiences constitute existence. Transcendental Idealists (such as Immanuel Kant) argue from the nature of knowledge to the nature of the objects of knowledge--without suggesting that those objects are composed of ideas or located in the knower's mind. Objective Idealists hold either that there is ultimately only one perceiver, who is identical with what is perceived (this is the doctrine of Josiah Royce), or that thought makes possible the highest degree of self-determination and thus the highest degree of reality (this is G.W.F. Hegel's Absolute Idealism). Panpsychists (such as Leibniz) hold that all objects of experience are also subjects. That is, plants and minerals have subjective experiences--though very different from the consciousness of animals.
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