>>13447575idealism as in "consciousness is everything" is all about reducing everything to sensory experience, which is basically what empiricism and positivism try to do as well. so they are not opposites at all.
but if idealism refers to something like platonic ideals, then sure. which is why i think the term idealism is a bit unfortunate, it refers to two different ideas which are pretty much polar opposites as far as i can tell.
