REALISM

Realism, Realist or Realistic are terms that describe any manifestation of philosophical realism,
the belief that reality exists independently of observers, whether in philosophy itself or in the
applied arts and sciences. In this broad sense it is frequently contrasted with Idealism.
Realism in the arts concerns the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life. Political
realism is a dominant school of thinking within the international relations discipline that
prioritizes national interest and security over ideology, moral concerns and social
reconstructions. In ethics moral realism takes the view that there are objective moral values.
Scientific realism is the view that the world described by science is the real world and
Mathematical realism a branch of philosophy of mathematics.

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1 Philosophical realism

2 Socio-political realism

3 Artistic realism

4 Miscellaneous

5 Other fields

6 See also

7 References

[edit] Philosophical realism

Realism as a philosophy of mind is rooted in the "common sense" philosophy of perception
known as naive realism, which has been developed as "direct" realism when distinguished from
representative realism, the view that we cannot perceive the external world directly. Critical
realism is the philosophy of perception concerned with the accuracy of human sense-data. In
epistomology realism is accounted a subcategory of objectivism. Hyper-realism or Hyperreality,
on the other hand, doubts the inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy.
Transcendental realism is a concept implying that individuals have a perfect understanding of the
limitations of their own minds

In metaphysics Platonic realism decribes a philosophy articulated by Plato, positing the existence
of universals. Moderate realism is a position holding that there is no realm where universals
exist. New realism (philosophy) denotes a school of early 20th-century epistemology rejecting
epistemological dualism and Organic realism or the Philosophy of Organism, decribes the
metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead, now known as process philosophy. [Australian realism]]
or Australian materialism is a 20th Century school of philosophy in Australia. Truth-value link
realism is a metaphysical concept explaining how to understand parts of the world that are
apparently cognitively inaccessible.
Cornell realism is a view in meta-ethics associated with the work of Richard Boyd and
others.Quasi-realism is an expressivist meta-ethical theory which asserts that though our moral
claims are projectivist we understand them in realist terms. In religious philosophy Christian
Realism was advocated by Reinhold Niebuhr and Mystical realism, a philosophy concerning the
nature of the divine, was advanced by Nikolai Berdyaev. Constructive realism and Entity realism
are philosophical positions within scientific realism. Modal realism is a philosophy propounded
by David Lewis, that possible worlds are as real as the actual world

[edit] Socio-political realism

Legal realism is the theory that law is made by human beings and thus subject to human
imperfections. Left realism and Right Realism are contrasting theories about the prevention and
control of crime. Classical political realism holds that it is fundamentally the nature of man that
pushes states and individuals to act in a way that places interests over ideologies while Liberal
realism or the "English school of international relations theory" centres upon the theory that there
exists a 'society of states'. Defensive realism is a theory that anarchy on the world stage causes
states to increase their security while offensive realism takes the view that states will exploit
opportunities to expand whenever they are presented. Neorealism or structural realism is theory
that international structures act as a constraint on state behavior. Post-realism sees international
realism as a particular rhetoric of international relations while Subaltern realism concerns the
theory that Third World states are more concerned with short term gains.

[edit] Artistic realism

Main article: Realism (arts)
Realism in theatre denotes any movement towards greater fidelity to real life, as in Kitchen sink
realism, an English cultural movement in the 1950s and 1960s that concentrated on
contemporary social realism, or Poetic realism, a film movement in France in the 1930s that used
heightened aestheticism. In the visual arts the term denotes any approach that depicts what the
eye can see, such as in American realism, a turn of the 20th century idea in arts, Classical
Realism, an artistic movement in late 20th Century that valued beauty and artistic skill. Literary
realism particularly denotes a 19th century literary movement. Neorealism is a movement
emphasising realism in cinema and literature while the New Realism is an artistic movement
founded in 1960 by Pierre Restany and Yves Klein. Romantic realism is an aesthetic art term

popularized by writer/philosopher Ayn Rand. Aesthetic Realism is a philosophy founded by Eli

Siegel.
Forms of political realism in the arts have included Nazi heroic realism or the art of the third
Reich, a style of propaganda art associated with Nazi Germany, Social realism, an artistic
movement which depicts working class activities, and Socialist realism, a style of propaganda art
associated with Communism.
Photorealism is a genre of painting that resembles photography, Hyperrealism (painting)
resembles high resolution photography while Pseudorealism, is a term coined by American film
critics to describe films in which digital unreal images are created and amalgamated with regular
scenes thereby creating an illusion that is difficult to distinguish from reality, or a genre of art
initiated by Indian artist Devajyoti Ray where reality is approached via abstraction Surrealism
and Magic realism are artistic genres in which magical or impossible elements appear in an
otherwise realistic setting.