antirealism
Truth is constructed
Antirealism is the philosophical position that certain things—moral facts, mathematical objects, the external world, or scientific entities—don't exist independently of human minds or language.
Where realism claims things exist "out there," antirealism holds they're constructed, projected, or dependent on our concepts.
Her antirealism about ethics meant she saw moral claims as expressions of attitude rather than descriptions of fact.
Universals exist as labels only
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
postmodernism · instrumentalism · anti-foundationalism · subjectivism · conceptualism · ontology · epistemology · metaphysics
Lack of firm belief
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
incredulity · critique · challenge · debunking · denial · disputation · theory-laden · epistemic humility
Distilling to essential qualities
- nonrepresentationalNot depicting reality
- nonobjectiveLacking depicted subject matter
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- cubismGeometric, fragmented visual style
surrealism · impressionism · modernism · avant-garde · distortion · stylization · Kandinsky · Mondrian
nominalism
Universals exist as labels only
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
relativism · postmodernism · instrumentalism · anti-foundationalism · subjectivism · conceptualism · ontology · epistemology · metaphysics · Putnam
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
agnosticism · incredulity · critique · challenge · debunking · denial · disputation · theory-laden · epistemic humility
abstraction
Distilling to essential qualities
- nonrepresentationalNot depicting reality
- nonobjectiveLacking depicted subject matter
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
cubism · surrealism · impressionism · modernism · avant-garde · distortion · stylization · Kandinsky · Mondrian · figurative
antirealismrealism
Accepting things as they are
objectivism · materialism · physicalism · naturalism · Platonism