irrealism

Noun

Meaning

(philosophy) The belief that phenomenalism and physicalism are alternative "world-versions", both useful in some circumstances, but neither capable of fully capturing the other.

(art) A style that features an estrangement from our generally accepted sense of reality.

Examples

Artist Tristan Tondino has made a number of claims about Irrealism. Source: Internet

Irrealism is a term that has been used by various writers in the fields of philosophy, literature, and art to denote specific modes of unreality and/or the problems in concretely defining reality. Source: Internet

Irrealism in Art Various writers have addressed the question of Irrealism in Art. Source: Internet

Many salient observations on Irrealism in Art are found in Nelson Goodman's Languages of Art. Source: Internet

Instead writing in the United States quickly returned to its realist orthodoxy and the term irrealism fell into disuse. Source: Internet

This can be seen in Dean Swinford's essay Defining irrealism: scientific development and allegorical possibility. Source: Internet

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