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Aesthetic realism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Eli Siegel's philosophy that beauty, like reality itself, is a making-one of opposites.

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Aesthetic realism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea that reality is made up of the oneness of opposites, in other words, that everything in reality shares a particular something in common with all other things.

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Direct realism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠perception treated as a window, not a painting.

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Direct realism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea that you see an object but you don't see the seeing of an object. You are aware of things you see, but not aware of sense-data (because the sense-data is itself the seeing).

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Entity realism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the view that unobservable entities, like electrons, are real if we can manipulate them to cause effects.

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Entity realism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a kind of realism that states that if thing can be manipulated in the world, then they are real. Said of electrons which were sprayed onto a metal sphere in a laboratory: 'If you can spray them, they are real'.