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Idealism vs Objectivism - What's the difference?

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In philosophy terms the difference between idealism and objectivism

is that idealism is an approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures while objectivism is one of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.

As nouns the difference between idealism and objectivism

is that idealism is the property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life while objectivism is the state of being objective.

idealism

English

(wikipedia idealism)

Noun

  • The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
  • (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.

    • Synonyms

    * (philosophy) philosophical idealism

    Antonyms

    * (philosophy) materialism

    Derived terms

    * epistemological idealism * metaphysical idealism

    Related terms

    * idealist * idealistic * idealistically

    See also

    * realism * pragmatism * materialism * physicalism

    References

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    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism

    objectivism

    English

    (wikipedia objectivism)

    Noun

  • The state of being objective.
  • Moral objectivism.
  • (philosophy) One of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.
  • The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist , endorsing productive achievement and logical reasoning.

    • Antonyms

    * subjectivism