The difference between Antirealism and Realism

When used as nouns, antirealism means any position involving denial of the objective reality of certain entities, or denial that certain general statements are objectively either true or false, whereas realism means a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

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  1. Antirealism as a noun (philosophy):

    Any position involving denial of the objective reality of certain entities, or denial that certain general statements are objectively either true or false.

  1. Realism as a noun:

    A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

  2. Realism as a noun:

    An artistic representation of reality as it is.

  3. Realism as a noun (sciences):

    The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.

  4. Realism as a noun (philosophy):

    A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.

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