Philosophical realism

Identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. Our identity allows us to depict what is important to us and what is not. It defines who we are as a person, how we react to situations and how we treat people. We develop our sense of identity at a young age, an idea of how we like to treat other people and things, and how we view ourselves. Most of the things we identify ourselves with are based on how we are raised, and what we are told to believe is the right thing from a young…

The Webster definition of identities is “the distinguishing character or personality of an individual”, however I believe a personal identity is much more than that. In my own words, a personal identity are both characteristic of the individual, as well as events that have molded them into who they are today, and what has caused them to act, or think the way do. I created my project as a metaphor to show my identities that I portrait on the outside, as well as the ones that are less visible to…

Identity is a person’s own sense of who they are; most simply a major part of their individuality. A person’s identity is developed from adolescence to adulthood and becomes part of their culture. It is the image that a person shows the world; through the unique factors of family, personal, and social identity. Identity is viewed as complex if a person is different from what people refer to as the norm. Since the beginning of North America being Caucasian has been stereotyped as the “normal…

People from all around the world heard the saying “nobody is perfect” and it is true, we are all humans, we all make mistakes, but to what extent does someone stop being clement when that person has endured all the hardship a person gives them after they are condoned several times. There is a certain point in life when some people do not deserve clemency because every time that person is condoned, that person takes advantage it because that person knows they will receive forgiveness. There is…

David Nye’s American Technological Sublime explores the concept of the technological sublime in America throughout history. As the book progresses, it shows how people in the United States have been able to discover and create awe-inspiring scenes. In the earliest days of the United States the sublime was found primarily in nature, however as time has gone by people have begun to create their own sublime through the advancement of technology. As Nye explains, the earliest forms of the…

Sublime artwork was created in the 19th century. The European landscape paining Sublime became an important theme during the romanticism period. Sublime art played a huge part in the enlightenment and has influenced artists and writers for centuries. The European tradition of sublime artwork gives a vibe of the vastness of nature. Sublime artwork uses vibrant color, different tones and realistic factors to create an image that is unique to the eye. Sublime art is realistic because you can…

Greek and Roman times and worldviews were very similar. Both savored realism, just in different ways. The Greeks had a worldview of idealized realism while the Romans preferred a more pragmatic realism. The governments were also related especially by the term: polis. The Greeks were all under one polis as equals in a direct democracy while the Romans considered their empire to be one huge polis. The Roman based their culture on the Greeks, so naturally, there would be some similarities. The…

Realism was not always a keyword in the agenda of the Avant-Garde. From the end of the 1910s, dramatic changes of political landscape took place in the European Continent: the Wiemar Republic was formed; the Soviet Communist Party grasped the power in Russia; Italian Fascism and German Nazism strengthened their dominance. Some artists kowtowed to the autocratic regimes while others redirected their attention to the evolving political philosophy and the newly created discipline of psychoanalysis.…

.1. Background: Realism in Drama was a general movement that began in the 19th _century, as a reaction against Romanticism, and continued through much of 20th _century. Romanticism was the early phase of Realism which originated around 1800. As the 19th _century progressed, the romantic emphasis on emotion over reason and the senses over intellect had given way to a much more objective and scientific way of examining the human condition(1). A number of social, political ideas, playwrights, and…

Okri has logic in his fictions. He describes his fiction as obeying a kind of ‘dream logic’, and states that his fiction is often preoccupied with the “philosophical conundrum… what is reality?” He writes: “We like to think that the world is rational and precise and exactly how we see it, but something erupts in our reality which makes us sense that there’s more to the fabric of life. I’m fascinated by the mysterious elements that run through our lives. Everyone is looking out of the world…