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Noun
1. realism (as opposed to idealism)Philosophy, See also 観念論
Noun
2. realism (as opposed to nominalism)Philosophy, See also 唯名論
Wikipedia definition
3. Philosophical realismContemporary philosophical realism is the belief that our reality, or some aspect of it, is ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, etc. Realism may be spoken of with respect to other minds, the past, the future, universals, mathematical entities, moral categories, the material world, or even thought.
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