"substantive realism" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a school of thought that emphasizes the physical aspects of reality over abstract or intangible concepts. For example, "Substantive realism was an important philosophical concept in the 19th century".
Bonello creates a chic and conventionally stylish drama, whirling with Steadicam shots in which constant motion takes the place of substantive action and with an unbroken realism that's glossy with its own thoughtlessness.
While there are substantive differences between their views, especially about scientific realism, the discussion will be restricted here to what they have to say narrowly about genic selectionism and genic pluralism.
Moral realism is not a particular substantive moral view nor does it carry a distinctive metaphysical commitment over and above the commitment that comes with thinking moral claims can be true or false and some are true.
If there is some such analysis to be had, and if it is rich enough to provide the sort of substantive principles needed to underwrite our various particular judgments, realism will have met well its epistemic burden.
These semantic formulations of (or incursions into) metaphysical realism are unacceptable to realists who are deflationists about truth, denying that truth is a substantive notion which can be used to characterise alternative metaphysical views [see the entry truth: deflationary theory of].
Remarkably enough, "The Moonlight Room" relies on other, more substantive tried-and-true devices: sharply observed characters, a credibly complicated and suspenseful situation with high stakes, and an unashamed realism that in this case depicts a slice of New York that theatergoers will recognize as authentic (2 10) Beckett Theater, 410 West 42nd Street, (212) 212-6212.
Remarkably enough, "The Moonlight Room" relies on other, more substantive, tried-and-true devices: sharply observed characters, a credibly complicated and suspenseful situation with high stakes, and an unashamed realism that in this case depicts a slice of New York City that theatergoers will recognize as authentic (2 10) TriBeCa Playhouse, 111 Reade Street, (212) 868-4444.
What the expressivist seeks is a conception of propositions (and of truths, facts, and beliefs) substantive enough to explain and validate our ordinary realist-seeming discourse but deflationary enough to avoid the traditional problems for realism.
