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).

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Meanings

nounspeculative realism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA 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).
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