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realism Philosophical doctrine according to which universal concepts, as well as tangible things, exist in their own right, outside the human mind that recognizes or perceives them. The idea developed from a medieval view that ‘universals’ are real entities rather than simply names for things. Realism was thus opposed to
nominalism. Some philosophers rejected this view in favour of moderate realism, which held that ‘universals’ exist only in the mind of God. See also
idealism
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Philosophical realism and postmodern antirealism.
Magazine article from: Style; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; Realism has preoccupied philosophers, literary...disciplines have discussions concerning realism reached a conclusive state or a clear definition. Typically, the conception of realism is subject to considerable disagreement...
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Realism: Eleven theses and some elaborations
Magazine article from: Film International; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; keywords realism (definitions of), ideology critique...form, praxis PART ONE ELEVEN THESES I REALISM... is the exploration of aspects of...relationships. II THE CONTRIBUTION... which realism makes to the development of our thinking...
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Naive realism in philosophy of literature
Magazine article from: Philosophy Today; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...what has traditionally been called naive realism.1 Much is said positively about science...thought that have often criticized naive realism, for example post-structuralism and...taken as a whole, is a defense of naive realism against the various opponents of that...
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Appropriating realism: the transformation of popular visual iconography in late-nineteenth-century Calcutta.(religious symbolism)
Magazine article from: Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...circulation of the stylistic category of academic realism. It focuses on the dissemination of academic realism through the formal levels of teaching in...fully on the way this fluid category of realism with its range of new norms and techniques...
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Rethinking legal realism: Toward a naturalized jurisprudence
Magazine article from: Texas Law Review; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Considering the enormous influence Legal Realism has exercised upon American law and...inaccurate-most descriptions of Realism turn out to be. Ronald Dworkin, for example, claims that according to Realism, "judges actually decide cases according...
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Rites of Realism: Essays on Corporeal Cinema.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 12/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Rites of Realism: Essays on Corporeal Cinema Edited by...and Paperback: $21.95. The issue of realism illustrates the gap between the popular...basic to their fascination with films, realism has been languishing in the backwater...
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Political Realism in International Theory.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...many merits, Roger Spegele's Political Realism avoids this annoying and gratuitous practice...emancipatory," and "evaluative political realism." What he is able to offer, with considerable...revised conception of "commonsense" realism as the only viable and appealing version...
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CRITICAL REALISM IN ECONOMICS: DEVELOPMENT AND DEBATE.(Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Economic Issues; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; CRITICAL REALISM IN ECONOMICS: DEVELOPMENT AND DEBATE. Edited by Steve Fleetwood...Cambridge economist, developed a research program termed "critical realism." Critical realism represents the social science counterpart to "transcendental...
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The ideal realism
Magazine article from: Philosophy Today; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Realism is an unlikely institution. After all...But this is precisely the problem for realism, its genesis and nemesis: there is always...dictum.2 Thus the philosopher inclined to realism begins on the road to the institution of...
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Shaw, Harry E. Narrating Realism: Austen, Scott, Eliot.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 12/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...development of early nineteenth-century literary realism, especially as it is found in the work of Jane...philosophy can no longer give an adequate account [of realism]" (x), and, so, realism (in literature) is an attempt to fill that lacuna...
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Critical Realism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Critical Realism Critical realism is a philosophical view of knowledge. On the one hand it holds...independently of the human mind or subjectivity. That is why it is called realism. On the other hand it rejects the view of na ï ve realism...
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Realism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Realism Realism as a nameable phenomenon in Western thought and culture emerged in France...people and their everyday circumstances based on accurate observation. Realism challenged centuries of tradition, when the highest art aspired to idealized...
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Socialist Realism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
SOCIALIST REALISM On April 23, 1932, the Party Central Committee of the USSR adopted socialist realism (SR) as the official artistic mandate...into one Union of Writers), socialist realism provided the guidelines according to which...
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realism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
realism in philosophy. 1 In medieval philosophy realism represented a position taken on the problem of universals . There were two schools of realism. Extreme realism, represented by William of Champeaux...
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Realism, Experimental
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Realism, Experimental Experimental realism refers to the extent to which an experimental manipulation actively...and dependent variables. If an experiment lacks experimental realism, the participants are not affected by the manipulation of the...
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