Realism vs. Naturalism
Realismnoun
A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
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An artistic representation of reality as it is.
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(sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
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(philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
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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).
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Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.
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the practise of assessing facts and the probabilities of the consequences of actions in an objective manner; avoidance of unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to idealism, self-deception, overoptimism, overimaginativeness, or visionariness.
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the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
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(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical object continue to exist when not perceived
Realismnoun
the state of being actual or real;
Realismnoun
an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
Realismnoun
(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
Naturalismnoun
A state of nature; conformity to nature.
Naturalismnoun
The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
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(philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
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(philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
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(arts) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as Romanticism or Surrealism, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic, idealistic, or even supernatural treatment.
Naturalismnoun
(nonstandard) naturism, nudism, social nudity.
Naturalismnoun
A state of nature; conformity to nature.
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The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.
Naturalismnoun
The theory that art or literature should conform to nature; realism; also, the quality, rendering, or expression of art or literature executed according to this theory.
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The principles and characteristics professed or represented by a 19th-century school of realistic writers, notably by Zola and Maupassant, who aimed to give a literal transcription of reality, and laid special stress on the analytic study of character, and on the scientific and experimental nature of their observation of life.
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(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
Naturalismnoun
an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
Naturalismnoun
(in art and literature) a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail
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the philosophical belief that everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted
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(in moral philosophy) the theory that ethical statements can be derived from non-ethical ones.
Naturalismnoun
another term for natural religion
