Subjective idealism

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The subjective idealism is a theory of knowledge , which in contrast to the realism is. She considers an external reality independent of consciousness to be unknowable. In Germany, Johann Gottlieb Fichte is the main representative. The designation as subjective idealism is based on the assumption that all knowledge is dependent on the subject and that there is no subject-independent perspective on reality.

Similar views can be found in more recent philosophy in constructivism . In contrast to this is objective idealism , of which Hegel is considered to be the founder .

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