Philosophical realism
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- | *[[Knowledge]] | + | Contemporary '''philosophical realism''', also referred to as '''metaphysical realism''', is the belief in a [[reality]] that is completely [[ontological]]ly independent of our conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, etc. Philosophers who profess realism also typically believe that [[truth]] consists in a belief's [[correspondence theory of truth|correspondence]] to reality. We may speak of realism with respect to [[The problem of other minds|other minds]], the [[past]], the [[future]], [[Universal (metaphysics)|universals]], [[mathematics|mathematical entities]] (such as [[natural numbers]]), [[morality|moral categories]], the [[material world]], or even [[thought]]. |
- | *[[Bouvard et Pécuchet]] | + | |
- | *[[Linguistic turn ]] | + | |
- | **Opposing this interpretation would be concept of [[philosophical realism]], that the world is [[knowable]] as it really is, as propounded by philosophers like [[Ayn Rand]]. | + | |
- | *[[Fitch's paradox of knowability]] | + | Realists tend to believe that whatever we believe now is only an approximation of reality and that every new observation brings us closer to understanding reality. In recent times, debates concerning realism have become quite contentious due mostly in part to the influence of [[postmodernism]]. |
+ | Realism is contrasted with [[anti-realism]]. | ||
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Contemporary philosophical realism, also referred to as metaphysical realism, is the belief in a reality that is completely ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, etc. Philosophers who profess realism also typically believe that truth consists in a belief's correspondence to reality. We may speak of realism with respect to other minds, the past, the future, universals, mathematical entities (such as natural numbers), moral categories, the material world, or even thought.
Realists tend to believe that whatever we believe now is only an approximation of reality and that every new observation brings us closer to understanding reality. In recent times, debates concerning realism have become quite contentious due mostly in part to the influence of postmodernism.
Realism is contrasted with anti-realism.