... the idea that, as opposed to positivism, reality is, essentially, relative and subjective--not an objective, singular compilation of facts, data, and records used to form one psychological and physical universe that contains all life. At most, in accordance with the teachings of Plato, though the ultimate reality takes place in Ideas, there is a material reality that resides outside ... is, our collections of laws, morals, social structures, facts, and truths. Transcendentalism concerns itself with conditions of possibility, and experience, as opposed to an exploration of the nature of p...

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