literalism vs philosophy

literalism and philosophy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
literalism	Yes	No	No	No
philosophy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, philosophy is a hypernym of literalism; that is, philosophy is a word with a broader meaning than literalism:

literalism: the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature
philosophy: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Other hypernyms of literalism include doctrine, ism, philosophical system, school of thought.

literalism (noun)	philosophy (noun)
the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature	the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
	any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation