Realisms

The terms Realism or Realist (in reference to an adherent of "Realism"), may refer to...

Art

• Realism (arts), the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation.
  • Realism (dramatic arts), the depiction of subjects on stage as they appear in everyday life.
• Magic realism
• Socialist realism, a teleologically-oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism.
• Social realism, also known as socio-realism, is an artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts working class activities.

Ethics

• Moral realism, the view in philosophy that there are objective moral values, and a rejection of moral relativism.

International relations

• Political realism, a set of theories in international relations that share a common belief that the primary motivation of states is the desire for military and economic power or security, rather than ideals or ethics.
• Liberal realism, a branch of 'political realism' that maintains that, despite the condition of 'international anarchy', there exists a 'society of states'.

Law

• Legal realism, a family of theories, developed the early 1900s in the United States and Scandinavia, whose essential tenet is that all law is made by human beings and, thus, is subject to human foibles, frailties and imperfections.

Literature

• Literary realism, a trend, in early 19th century French literature, towards depictions of contemporary life and society as it is, instead of a romanticized or similarly stylized presentation.
• Dirrrty realism
• Hysterical realism
• Fantastic realism (literature)
• Swedish realism

Philosophy

• Aesthetic Realism
• Critical realism, a philosophy of perception which posits that while some of our sense-data can and does accurately represent external objects, properties, and events, other sense-data may not be accurate representations.
• Naïve realism, a common sense theory of perception which it is claimed is representative of most people's understanding and method of interpretation of their perceptions.
• Philosophical realism, the belief that reality exists independently of observers.
• Platonic realism, is a philosophy which posits the existence of universals, originally described by the Greek philosopher Plato.

Science

• Scientific realism, a view in the philosophy of science about the nature of scientific success.