Scientific realism is the view that the universe described by science is real regardless of how it may be interpreted. A believer of scientific realism...

analytic philosophy, anti-realism is a position which encompasses many varieties such as metaphysical, mathematical, semantic, scientific, moral and epistemic...

rationalism (Katz) Referential realism Romantic realism Scientific realism Musgrave's scientific realism Scotistic realism Semantic realism (epistemology) (a position...

scientific realism, in the sense of regarding the scientific method as a reliable guide to the nature of reality. The main alternative to scientific realism...

philosophy of perception and epistemology, naïve realism (also known as direct realism or perceptual realism) is the idea that the senses provide us with...

models, is referred to as racialism, race realism, or race science by those who support these ideas. Modern scientific consensus rejects this view as being...

realism (also selective realism), sometimes equated with referential realism, is a philosophical position within the debate about scientific realism....

categorized as an antirealism, although its mere lack of commitment to scientific theory's realism can be termed nonrealism. Instrumentalism merely bypasses debate...

universals to build a naturalistic and scientifically realist ontology. In both Universals and Scientific Realism (1978) and Universals: An Opinionated...

Model-dependent realism is a view of scientific inquiry that focuses on the role of scientific models of phenomena. It claims reality should be interpreted...