• Philosophical realism – usually not treated as a position of its own but as a stance towards other subject matters – is the view that a certain kind of...
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  • Epistemological realism is a philosophical position, a subcategory of objectivism, holding that what can be known about an object exists independently...
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  • abstract ideal objects (i.e. mathematical objects), anti-realism may apply to a wide range of philosophical topics, from material objects to the theoretical entities...
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    Critical realism is a philosophical approach to understanding science, and in particular social science, initially developed by Roy Bhaskar (1944–2014)...
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  • moral realist. Moral realism's various philosophical and practical applications have been studied. A delineation of moral realism into a minimal form,...
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  • School of Fantastic Realism, an art movement Socialist realism, an art style developed in the Soviet Union Philosophical realism Realist approaches in...
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  • List of philosophies, schools of thought and philosophical movements. Contents Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also Absurdism...
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  • realism (also selective realism), sometimes equated with referential realism, is a philosophical position within the debate about scientific realism....
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    Hamilton and, as has recently been argued, Thomas Carlyle. Philosophically, Scottish Realism served as a rebuttal to scepticism while keeping with the...
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    philosophy of perception and epistemology, naïve realism (also known as direct realism or perceptual realism) is the idea that the senses provide us with...
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  • Ross and his colleagues in the 1990s. It is related to the philosophical concept of naïve realism, which is the idea that our senses allow us to perceive...
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  • Literary realism is a literary genre, part of the broader realism in arts, that attempts to represent subject-matter truthfully, avoiding speculative fiction...
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  • continental realists, as he had held this philosophical position earlier than speculative realists at a time when realism in the continental tradition was a...
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    Ray Brassier (category Philosophical realism)
    the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, known for his work in philosophical realism. He was formerly Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Modern...
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  • Quasi-realism is the meta-ethical view which claims that: Ethical sentences do not express propositions. Instead, ethical sentences project emotional...
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    OCLC 442822274. 2004 paperback: ISBN 0-521-29776-1 Putnam, H. (1983). Realism and Reason. Philosophical Papers, vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press....
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    There are many philosophical positions regarding universals. Platonic realism (also called extreme realism" or exaggerated realism) is the view that...
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  • with merely a nomenclature. The former position has been called philosophical realism, and the latter nominalism. The issue here can be explicated in...
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  • Magic realism, magical realism, or marvelous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic view of the world while incorporating...
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  • objects Critical realism (philosophy of the social sciences), philosophical approach associated with Roy Bhaskar Theological critical realism, a term used...
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  • Constructive realism is a branch of philosophy, specifically the philosophy of science. It was developed in the late 1950s by Jane Loevinger and elaborated...
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  • Quentin Meillassoux (category Philosophical realism)
    "Potentiality and Virtuality," in Collapse: Philosophical Research and Investigations, Volume II (Speculative Realism), ed. Robin Mackay (Urbanomic, 2007):...
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    Quietism (philosophy) (category Philosophical methodology)
    both philosophical realism and anti-realism. Specifically, quietists deny that there is any substantial debate between the positions of realism and non-realism...
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    Subtle realism is a philosophical position within social science that, along with other forms of realism, stands opposed to naïve realism and various forms...
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  • Naturalistic pantheism (category Philosophical realism)
    Gaia hypothesis Metaphysical naturalism Naturalism (philosophy) Philosophical realism Religious naturalism Ethical and Religious Thought in Analytic Philosophy...
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  • Intentional Logic: A Logic Based on Philosophical Realism is a book by Henry Babcock Veatch published in 1952. v t e...
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  • Modal realism is the view propounded by philosopher David Lewis that all possible worlds are real in the same way as is the actual world: they are "of...
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    Markus Gabriel (category Philosophical realism)
    his more specialized work, he has also written popular books about philosophical issues. Gabriel was educated in philosophy and Ancient Greek in Germany...
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  • Instantiation principle (category Philosophical realism)
    The instantiation principle or principle of instantiation or principle of exemplification is the concept in metaphysics and logic (first put forward by...
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    1970 until his death. He is closely associated with Australia, whose philosophical community he visited almost annually for more than 30 years. Lewis made...
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