Kant’s idealism was developed further by Johann Gottlieb Fichte. He admired Kant, yet dismissed the concept of noumenon or the thing-in-itself, and instead proposed a system of absolute idealism. Based on the theory of phenomenon and noumenon, Fichte argued that if we can derive scientific laws by empirical observations.
Fichte thought that all knowledge comes through experience. But instead of seeing everything as subjective, he saw everything as objective. His answer was to say that there is an abstract idea inside us called the I that produces all of reality. We can use our minds to figure out the structure of the universe. He did not think that we should just passively observe nature and try to understand it. Instead, we need to actively create reality. Our real selves are the creators of our own experiences. So, when looking at the universe, we see ourselves reflected back as well. There is a moral aspect to the universe because we are creating it.
