Idealism and Naturalism   In philosophy, idealism is the group
of philosophies which assert that reality, or reality as we can
know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or
otherwise immaterial.  idealism n 1: (philosophy) the
philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality 2:
impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal
form rather than as they really are 3: elevated ideals or
conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
[syn: {high-mindedness}, {noble-mindedness}]  116 Moby Thesaurus
words for "idealism": Berkeleianism, Geistesgeschichte, Hegelian
idea, Hegelianism, Kantian idea, Kantianism, Neoplatonism,
Platonic form, Platonic idea, Platonism, absolute idealism,
animatism, animism, archetype, aspiration, autism, autistic
thinking, bigheartedness, bigness, chivalrousness, chivalry,
complex idea, dereism, dereistic thinking, dream, dreamery,
elevation, errantry, eternal object, eternal universal,
exaltation, exemplar, flight of fancy, form, formal cause,