Subjective idealism

The subjective idealism is a theory of knowledge that is contrary to the realism. She holds an external, independent from consciousness reality unknowable. The principal representative of the British reconnaissance George Berkeley.

The designation as a subjective idealism is based on the assumption that all knowledge is dependent on the subject and there is no subject-independent perspective on reality. For example, the Kantian philosophy is sometimes referred to as subjective idealism, even if Kant had they not called that.

Related ideas can be found in modern philosophy in constructivism. In contrast, the largest objective idealism, whose founder Hegel applies.