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Irrealism — has two main meanings:*In philosophy, Irrealism is the common name for a position first advanced by Nelson Goodman in Ways of Worldmaking . *In the arts and critical theory Irrealism refers to both a style that features an estrangement from our… … Wikipedia
Irrealism (the arts) — Irrealism is a term that has been used by various writers in the fields of philosophy, literature, and art to denote specific modes of unreality and/or the problems in concretely defining reality. While in philosophy the term specifically refers… … Wikipedia
Irrealism (philosophy) — Irrealism is a philosophical position first advanced by Nelson Goodman in Ways of Worldmaking , [(Goodman 1978)] encompassing epistemology, metaphysics and aesthetics. Nelson Goodman s irrealismIrrealism was initially motivated by the debate… … Wikipedia
irrealism — noun a) The belief that phenomenalism and physicalism are alternative world versions , both useful in some circumstances, but neither capable of fully capturing the other. b) A style that features an estrangement from our generally accepted sense … Wiktionary
Irrealism — a philosophy combining the phenomenalism and physicalism in epistemology with the view that either could be used interchangeably as agents of free will and study of the aesthetic … Mini philosophy glossary
Cognitivism (ethics) — Cognitivism is the meta ethical view that ethical sentences express propositions and can therefore be true or false (they are truth apt), which noncognitivists deny.[1] Cognitivism is so broad a thesis that it encompasses (among other views)… … Wikipedia
Remedios Varo — Useless Science or the Alchemist, 1955 Born December 16, 1908(1908 12 16) Anglès, Girona … Wikipedia
Linguistic modality — For modality signaled with grammatical affixes, see Grammatical mood. Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness … Wikipedia
D. Harlan Wilson — Born September 3, 1971 (1971 09 03) (age 40) Michigan, United States Occupation Novelist Professor … Wikipedia
ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… … Universalium
