the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics | the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth |
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived |
any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation | (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names |
| an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description |
| the state of being actual or real |