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Concept in philosophy
Moderate realism is a position in the debate on the metaphysics of universals which holds that there is no realm in which universals exist, nor do they really exist within particulars as universals, but rather universals really exist within particulars as particularised, and multiplied. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Moderate realismA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Tactile Texture Display Combining Vibrotactile and Electrostatic-friction Stimuli: Substantial Effects on Realism and Moderate Effects on Behavioral ResponsesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: EthicsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Moderate structural realism about space-timeCited 151 times
- Go sideways: Universal (metaphysics)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: NominalismA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Moderate structural realism about space-time
Moderate modal realism
Abstraction and Moderate Realism
Shoemaker’s moderate qualia realism and the transparency of qualia
Moderate realism in an extremist environment ; Tunisia and the Palestine question (1965-1970)
Aristotle and Moderate Realism
Moderate Realism and Its Logic.
The Meaning of Moderate Realism
🆕 Influential since 2022
Tactile Texture Display Combining Vibrotactile and Electrostatic-friction Stimuli: Substantial Effects on Realism and Moderate Effects on Behavioral Responses
Moderate Realism and Deduction from Truthlike Theories
THE PLACE OF ARISTOTLE’S THEORY OF MODERATE REALISM IN BRAND EQUITY AND MANAGEMENT
Moderate Ontic Structural Realism about the Nature of Spacetime: Monistic and Dualistic Approaches
Anchoring the cluster: refining Pigliucci’s family resemblance proposal via a dual constraint model of moderate scientific realism
đź“š Books worth reading
EthicsLouis P. Pojman · 1990
South Asian media culturesShakuntala Banaji, Shakuntala Banaji · 2010
PsychologyMaher, Michael · 1900
Nursing knowledge development and clinical practiceCallista Roy, Dorothy A. Jones · 2006
Art since 1900Hal Foster, Rosalind E. Krauss · 2004
Communities of Cultural ValuePhilip Goldstein · 2001- 📕Constitutionalism, executive power, and the spirit of moderationGiorgi Areshidze, Paul Carrese · 2016
New essays on ancient PyrrhonismDiego E. Machuca · 2011
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