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Realism is a philosophical position that attributes extramental existence to certain kinds of entities, for example, universals, categories, relations, or propositions.
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Erismann, C. (2011). Realism. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9729-4_432
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