Robert Pippin's reconstruction of Hegel's idealism in 'Hegel's Idealism' (1989) argues that Hegel's project is a radicalization of Kantian-Cartesian apperception, not its abandonment.
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The philosophical view that reality is fundamentally mental or mind-dependent—that ideas, thoughts, or consciousness are more basic than physical objects.
Kant(as used in epistemology and metaphysics)
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was an influential German philosopher who argued that our minds shape how we experience reality, and that we can only truly know things as they appear to us, not as they are in themselves.
Radicalization(Pippin's claim about how Hegel treats Kant's ideas)
Taking an idea to its extreme or most fundamental form, pushing it further than the original version did.
Reconstruction(as a philosophical method)
An attempt to explain or interpret what a philosopher really meant, often by building a new version of their ideas.
Robert Pippin(as a modern interpreter of Hegel)
A contemporary American philosopher who specializes in German idealism and has written extensively about Hegel's philosophy.