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speculative realism

speculative realism noun: a movement in contemporary philosophy that defines itself loosely in its stance of metaphysical realism against the dominant forms of post-Kantian philosophy (or what it terms correlationism).

Noun

speculative realism (uncountable)

  1. A movement in contemporary philosophy that defines itself loosely in its stance of metaphysical realism against the dominant forms of post-Kantian philosophy (or what it terms correlationism).

Questions about speculative realism

What does speculative realism mean?
Speculative realism means a movement in contemporary philosophy that defines itself loosely in its stance of metaphysical realism against the dominant forms of post-Kantian philosophy (or what it terms correlationism).
What part of speech is speculative realism?
Speculative realism is a noun.

Words near speculative realism in the dictionary

  1. speculative fictions
  2. Speculative Masonry
  3. speculative materialism
  4. speculative philosophies
  5. speculative philosophy
  6. speculative realism
  7. speculatively
  8. speculativeness
  9. speculativism
  10. speculativity
  11. speculator

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