German Idealist Philosophy
German Idealism was a highly influential philosophical movement that emerged in Germany during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Building upon Immanuel Kant's groundbreaking transcendental idealism, this school of thought, prominently featuring figures like G.W.F. Hegel, Fichte, and Schelling, explored the fundamental role of mind or spirit in shaping reality and knowledge. It grappled with concepts of freedom, the absolute, and the nature of objective experience, profoundly impacting subsequent Western idealist philosophy and various academic disciplines.