epistemological realism — noun see realism … Useful english dictionary
Realism — Realism, Realist or Realistic may refer to:The arts*Realism (arts), the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life *Realism (dramatic arts), a movement towards greater fidelity to real life *Realism (visual arts), a style of painting… … Wikipedia
Epistemological idealism — is a subjectivist position in epistemology that holds that what one knows about an object exists only in one s mind. It is opposed to epistemological realism.Epistemological idealism can mean one of two unrelated positions: * Everything we… … Wikipedia
Epistemological pluralism — (or methodological pluralism) is the view that different epistemological methodologies are necessary to attain a full description of the world. It arose in opposition to the purely reductionistic enterprise of many fields of science and realism… … Wikipedia
Epistemological solipsism — is the variety of idealism according to which only the directly accessible mental contents of the solipsistic philosopher can be known. The existence of anexternal world is regarded as an unresolvable question, or an unnecessary hypothesis rather … Wikipedia
realism — /ree euh liz euhm/, n. 1. interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc. 2. the tendency to view or represent things as they really are. 3. Fine Arts. a. treatment of forms, colors, space, etc … Universalium
realism — In everyday use realism is commonly attributed to caution, or moderation in one s aspirations the converse of utopianism . The word is also used to describe a variety of approaches in literature and the visual arts in which accurate depiction of… … Dictionary of sociology
Philosophical realism — Contemporary philosophical realism is the belief that our reality, or some aspect of it, is ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, etc. Realism may be spoken of with respect to other minds, the past,… … Wikipedia
Direct and indirect realism — Direct realism argues we perceive the world directly For representationalism in the arts, see Realism (visual arts). The question of direct or naïve realism, as opposed to indirect or representational realism, arises in the philosophy of… … Wikipedia
Naïve realism — argues we perceive the world directly Naïve realism, also known as direct realism or common sense realism, is a philosophy of mind rooted in a common sense theory of perception that claims that the senses provide us with direct awareness of the… … Wikipedia
