realism

Cartesian mechanism (Mechanism of vision after a drawing by René Descartes. For Descartes, without the proof of the existence of God, we would have no guarantee of the reality of what we perceive confusedly by our senses.) The mechanism defended … Read More

Realism was a response to philosophical questions posed in different terms depending on the era. We can then distinguish three important periods in the history of philosophical realism, corresponding to three types of debates: Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Quarrel … Read More

In philosophy, realism refers to the position which affirms the existence of an external reality independent of our mind. Realism affirms both the existence and the independence of the world. Existence means that there is a world outside the subject, … Read More