Transcendental idealism
noun
1.
(philosophy) the Kantian doctrine that reality consists not of appearances, but of some other order of being whose existence can be inferred from the nature of human reason
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[tran-sen-den-tl-iz-uh m, -suh n-] /ˌtræn sɛnˈdɛn tlˌɪz əm, -sən-/ noun 1. transcendental character, thought, or language. 2. Also called transcendental philosophy. any philosophy based upon the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought, or a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical: […]
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[tran-sen-den-tl, -suh n-] /ˌtræn sɛnˈdɛn tl, -sən-/ adjective 1. transcendent, surpassing, or superior. 2. being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural. 3. abstract or metaphysical. 4. idealistic, lofty, or extravagant. 5. Philosophy. beyond the contingent and accidental in human experience, but not beyond all human knowledge. Compare transcendent (def 4b). pertaining to […]