In philosophy|lang=en terms the difference between realism and actualism
is that realism is (philosophy) a doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them while actualism is (philosophy) belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: ie, that only actual things exist, that there are not, in addition to the actual, any possibility (possible entities).
As nouns the difference between realism and actualism
is that realism is a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary while actualism is (philosophy) belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: ie, that only actual things exist, that there are not, in addition to the actual, any possibility (possible entities).
realism
Noun
A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary
An artistic representation of reality as it is
(sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them
Antonyms
* (doctrine concerning universals) nominalism
See also
* idealism
actualism
Noun
(
en noun)
(philosophy) Belief that actuality and existence are co?extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, that there are not, in addition to the actual, any possibility (possible entities).
