In philosophy|lang=en terms the difference between realism and relationism
is that realism is (philosophy) a doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them while relationism is (philosophy) (karl mannheim)'s idea, proposed as a response to relativism, that the recognition of different perspectives according to differences in time and social location appears arbitrary only to an abstract and disembodied theory of knowledge.
As nouns the difference between realism and relationism
is that realism is a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary while relationism is (philosophy) (karl mannheim)'s idea, proposed as a response to relativism, that the recognition of different perspectives according to differences in time and social location appears arbitrary only to an abstract and disembodied theory of knowledge.
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
relationism
Noun
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(philosophy) (Karl Mannheim)'s idea, proposed as a response to relativism, that the recognition of different perspectives according to differences in time and social location appears arbitrary only to an abstract and disembodied theory of knowledge.
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