naturalism
Only physical causes
Naturalism is a philosophy holding that everything arises from natural properties and causes, with supernatural or spiritual explanations excluded.
In literature and art, naturalism depicts subjects realistically without idealization, often emphasizing how environment and heredity shape human behavior.
The novel's naturalism showed characters trapped by their circumstances.
Scientific naturalism assumes that the universe operates according to discoverable laws rather than divine intervention.
- CraneHereditary family designation
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- slice-of-lifeRealistic portrayal of ordinary events
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
Norris · objectivity · pessimism · fatalism · gritty · working-class · sordidness · degradation
Knowledge through observation
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- physicalismAll is matter
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
ontology · epistemology · positivism · secularism · humanism · atheism · agnosticism · rationalism
French realist painter
- plein-airPainting outdoors, on location
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
- realismAccepting things as they are
- depictionRepresentation in art
Manet · landscape · genre · brushwork · observation · lifelike · fidelity · tonalism
Knowledge through observation
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
evidence · biology · causality · objectivity · inquiry · reproducibility · falsifiability · data
Fitting to new conditions
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- DarwinBritish naturalist, species theorist
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- variationChange from a norm
survival · fitness · mutation · heredity · phylogeny · extinction · genetics · gradualism
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- floraPlants of a region
fauna · wilderness · preservation · sustainability · biome · wildlife · environment · balance
Zola
- CraneHereditary family designation
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- slice-of-lifeRealistic portrayal of ordinary events
Norris · verisimilitude · objectivity · pessimism · fatalism · gritty · working-class · sordidness · degradation · clinical
empiricism
Knowledge through observation
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- physicalismAll is matter
metaphysics · ontology · epistemology · positivism · secularism · humanism · atheism · agnosticism · rationalism · reductionism
Courbet
French realist painter
- plein-airPainting outdoors, on location
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
- realismAccepting things as they are
Manet · depiction · landscape · genre · brushwork · observation · lifelike · fidelity · tonalism · unidealized
empiricism
Knowledge through observation
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
hypothesis · evidence · biology · causality · objectivity · inquiry · reproducibility · falsifiability · data · analysis
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- DarwinBritish naturalist, species theorist
- descentDownward slope or lineage
variation · survival · fitness · mutation · heredity · phylogeny · extinction · genetics · gradualism · competition
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
flora · fauna · wilderness · preservation · sustainability · biome · wildlife · environment · balance · interconnection
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- humanitiesphilosophy, history, literature, philosophy class, novels
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- art termspainting, sculpture, drawing, portrait, landscape
- French LiteratureVictor Hugo, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Dumas, Jules Verne
naturalismsupernaturalism
Belief in nonphysical forces
theism · spiritualism · idealism · dualism · transcendentalism
naturalismidealism
Belief in noble principles
surrealism · romanticism · stylization · abstraction · abstractionism
- naturalized citizenForeign-born person granted membership
- naturalization papersOfficial immigrant acceptance documents
- naturalization ceremonyOfficial event conferring citizenship
- amateur naturalistHobbyist who studies wildlife
- naturalized speciesNon-indigenous organism now self-sustaining
- naturalization processLegal path to citizenship
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