realism
noun
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
antirealism
-
a word derived from
realism.
Example Sentences
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In class, we debated the merits of realism and antirealism.
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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.
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Besides, at times the arguments for antirealism struck me as utterly absurd.
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In 1989 Worrall published an article in the journal Dialectica arguing for a middle ground between realism and antirealism.
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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 Donald W. Bernier
