Sentence examples for rational realism from inspiring English sources

The supposed contrast is between focussed, rational realism and a tendency to faint.

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The novel was established as a major art form in English literature partly by a rational realism shown in the works of Henry Fielding, Daniel Defoe, and Tobias Smollett and partly by the psychological probing of the novels of Samuel Richardson and of Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy.

After moving to the University of Kiel, Reinhold became an adherent, first of Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre and then of C. G. Bardili's "rational realism," before finally proposing a novel "linguistic" approach to philosophical problems.

Schopenhauer's acceptance of Kant's epistemological idealism combined with his non-rational ontological realism is, however, on display throughout The World as Will and Representation.

The tools of analysis are realism, rational choice, game theory, decision theory: clinical and bloodless modes of thinking.

"We've been weeding out anybody capable of rational thinking, of realism," said Ms. Ehrenreich, a longtime activist in leftist politics.

Five argumentation frames were found: Rational reasoning; Pragmatic realism; Promoting diversity among providers; Good for the municipality; Good for the local people.

In essays and lectures, Rand developed her conception of metaphysical realism, rationality, ethical egoism (rational self-interest), individual rights, laissez-faire capitalism, and art, and applied her philosophy to social issues.

For more on the relation between rational explanation and mental realism, see the supplement on Explanatory Epiphenomenalism.

The underlying suggestion is that when Kantian constructivism appeals to constitutive standards, to do so is only to leap into realism about rational agency, since such standards invoke values that are not themselves constructed.