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‘Realism’ is an epistemological theory claiming that some objects of knowledge exist whether or not they are apparent. In everyday practice, every person is a realist. [Little observation is needed to conclude that all other animals are realists also. The biological evolution of humans was possible only because their physiological organisms were adapted to sensing and responding to real environmental beings and processes.]
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Bahm, A.J. (1996). Tentative Realism. In: Cohen, R.S., Hilpinen, R., Renzong, Q. (eds) Realism and Anti-Realism in the Philosophy of Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 169. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8638-2_7
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