Idealism’s failure to prove the Other’s existence collapses into metaphysical realism.

Evidence

For Catholics ”… the whole theory of idealism is based on the denial of the objectivity of all our knowledge and on the idealistic monism of ‘spirit’ (a monism which, as such, is equivalent to the positivistic monism of ‘matter’). In this conception, the very foundation of religion, God, does not exist objectively outside of ourselves, but is a creation of the intellect. Idealism, therefore, no less than materialism, is radically contrary to religion.” — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1322 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Einfühlung and sympathy theories fail to establish the Other’s existence, only its presentation; Idealism denies objective knowledge and makes God a creation of the intellect. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1322

Related

• Idealism denies objective knowledge and makes God a creation of the intellect. (similarity 0.93)
• Theologians object that subjecting God to the concept denies his creative freedom (similarity 0.86)
• Idealism’s supremacy of thought masks thought’s practical impotence (similarity 0.79)
• Knowledge and objectivity are only knowable in relation to humanity (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Idealism denies objective knowledge and makes God a creation of the intellect. #expands (0.82) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1322