antirealist
Denies objective reality
An antirealist denies that something has independent, objective existence.
In philosophy, antirealists argue that moral facts, scientific entities, or external reality depend on human minds or language rather than existing independently: She's an antirealist about moral truths.
The term also describes artists or writers who reject realistic representation in favor of stylization or abstraction.
Universals exist as labels only
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
idealism · solipsism · nihilism · existentialism · hermeneutics · deconstruction · anti-foundationalism · instrumentalism
Enforcing linguistic correctness
- subjectivismBelief truth is personal
- BlackburnTown in northwest England
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- sentimentalismExcessive indulgence in emotion
Universals exist as labels only
- universalsProperties holding across all
- propertiesQualities or owned assets
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
Not depicting reality
- nonfigurativeNot depicting reality
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- conceptualismUniversals as mental constructs
deconstruction · avant-garde · installation · Kandinsky · formalism · suprematism · cubism · dadaism
Disposition toward doubt
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- approximationNear but inexact value
Theories as useful tools
- approximationNear but inexact value
- idealizationRegarding as perfect
- predictionForecast of coming events
- explanationStatement making something clear
nominalism
Universals exist as labels only
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
relativism · idealism · solipsism · nihilism · existentialism · hermeneutics · deconstruction · anti-foundationalism · instrumentalism · conventionalism
prescriptivism
Enforcing linguistic correctness
- subjectivismBelief truth is personal
- BlackburnTown in northwest England
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
nominalism
Universals exist as labels only
- universalsProperties holding across all
- propertiesQualities or owned assets
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
nonrepresentational
Not depicting reality
- nonfigurativeNot depicting reality
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
conceptualism · deconstruction · avant-garde · installation · Kandinsky · formalism · suprematism · cubism · dadaism
skepticism
Disposition toward doubt
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
instrumentalism
Theories as useful tools
- approximationNear but inexact value
- idealizationRegarding as perfect
- predictionForecast of coming events
antirealistrealist
One accepting hard truths
objectivist · Platonist · naturalist · essentialist · materialist
antirealistrealist
One accepting hard truths
naturalist · photorealist · documentary filmmaker · literalist