As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle).

As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.

See Epistemological realism; Naive realism; New realism; "Representative realism"; Classical realism; Conceptual realism; Representative realism; and Empirical realism

is the view that a reality exists independently of our thoughts or beliefs. The language of research is seen to refer to this reality, rather than purely constructing it, though more subtle realists recognize constructive properties in language as well. Reductionism: the identification of a basic explanation for a complex phenomenon. Thus sexual identity may be explained by reference to genetic determinants alone, or social life explained in terms of economic relations alone.

The philosophical thesis that classes are real, contrasted with nominalism.

in epistemology, the doctrine that the external world exists independently of perception; in logic, the doctrine that universal or class ideas (e. g., man) have objective realities corresponding to them.

belief in objective existence, often relative to some type of entity

the theory that universals such as Forms, must exist only within the objects in the external world, as opposed to the realm of Ideas or Forms. [Aristotle

The belief that abstract unversls exist and that empirical events are only manifestations of those universals.

In general, the doctrine which holds that objects have an existence independent of their being known so that their relation to the subject in knowledge is only an external, not an internal or immanent, relation.

a way of viewing scientific theories and models that says they truly characterize the way the universe operates; they represent reality (contrast with instrumentalism).

A style that focuses on presenting theatre as a mirror of life as close to reality as possible.

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical object continue to exist when not perceived

the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him"

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

a philosophical doctrine that something is "real", that is, it is really actually there

(1) That which refers empistemologically to the fact that the object known is independent of the knowing mind. (2) Ontologically it denotes that universals exist external to our minds; (3) Any belief that reality is extra-mental.

In the Platonic sense the contention that universals exist outside the human mind. In the non-Platonic sense, the doctrine that objects of sense perception or cognition exist independent of the mind.

1. The doctrine in epistemology that the external world exists independently of perception. 2. The view that universal ideas correspond to objective realities.

The idea that reality exists independently from the observer

a. Art that aims at producing an exact replication of reality. b. It also represents a particular phase of art in 19th century France. During this phase, the French artists like Courbet chose to draw inspiration from what they saw and experienced in their immediate surroundings and expressed them as is without romanticizing their experience. The impact of photography was responsible for the advent of this art form.

The belief that there exists an objective, physical world. See also naive realism; sophisticated realism.

a theatrical practice valuing direct imitation, concerned with psychological motives, the 'iiner reality," and less committed to achieving a superficial verisimilitude.