antirealism
- a word derived from realism.
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Besides, at times the arguments for antirealism struck me as utterly absurd.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2014
There’s Kantean antirealism, which says that while there is a real world out there independent of us, there’s no way for us to know it.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2014
In 1989 Worrall published an article in the journal Dialectica arguing for a middle ground between realism and antirealism.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2014
In class, we debated the merits of realism and antirealism.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2014
Prose showed two trends: realism, which was now free to examine all aspects of human existence; and antirealism, which showed influences of some contemporary French writers.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.