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Eugine_Nier comments on How to deal with non-realism? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 27 May 2012 03:58:28AM 1 point [-]

Mostly agree, except I don't understand why you think the OP's use of "realism" is nonstandard.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 28 May 2012 10:49:42PM 1 point [-]

I think his "something exists" is pretty standard philosophical realism as well.

Wikipedia:

Contemporary philosophical realism is the belief that our reality, or some aspect of it, is ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs, etc.

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