To the thinkers who followed Kant the most logical solution to the problem of mind and matter was to eliminate matter. Transcendentalists believe many ideas come from the mind itself, not from experience. They believe that these ideas of the mind are a very important part of life. Kant says the mind is like a bowl with many crevices and depressions in it's contour. When one pours water into the bowl, it takes the shape of the bowl, filling all the crevices.
Some transcendentalists think all minds are alike.
They say all minds have certain categories such as totality, unity, plurality, and reality. Some transcendentalists think the ideas are of the mind and cannot be applied to a world outside of the mind. They believe ideas are a result of the kind of thinking organ which people have, and are determined by it's nature. Transcendentalism is a combination of beliefs, some of which are from other religions and other people and their philosophies. It is a belief that there is another way knowledge is obtained, not only from the senses, but also from the mind.