| rdfs:comment | - It is the belief of realism that the state can only maintain its independence and pursue its interests in an international society. Therefore, to establish and maintain a society of sovereign states is the goal of realism.
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- In 2370, admiring Data's clay sculpture of a PADD, whose dimensions were accurate to within 1.3%, Deanna Troi commented that he had no problem with realism. (TNG: "Masks" )
- This trope describes the aesthetic school known as Realism. The idea is extremely simple: Art should replicate real life as closely as possible. It should be a "Slice of Life" if you will, and consistent with our expectations of reality outside the text. Realism has had various movements in different media over the centuries, and not necessarily coincident: Theatrical realism became manifest much later than realism in painting. It also appears in other forms in certain genres, such as the seeding idea of hard Science Fiction - the material reality of the fictional world should correspond as closely as possible to that of ours. It informs such concerns as Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic.
- The Conscientia is the sacred book of Realism and contains the beliefs of Realists. The contents are summarized below. Realists believe that reality is completely ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs and our perception. Those who profess realism, also believe that truth consists in a belief's correspondence to reality. We may speak of realism with respect to other minds, the past, the future, universals, mathematical entities, moral categories, the material world, or even thought. Practicing Realism is a source of inspiration or orientation in life.
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| abstract | - The Conscientia is the sacred book of Realism and contains the beliefs of Realists. The contents are summarized below. Realists believe that reality is completely ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, linguistic practices, beliefs and our perception. Those who profess realism, also believe that truth consists in a belief's correspondence to reality. We may speak of realism with respect to other minds, the past, the future, universals, mathematical entities, moral categories, the material world, or even thought. Realists further believe that whatever we believe now is only an approximation of reality and that every new observation brings us closer to understanding reality. Realists also believe that a common understanding of reality brings peace and is the basis for morality. Realists worship the self-aware Universe not the Universe itself. The self-aware Universe is a conscious, preternatural, immortal deity that is unobservable. Further, Realists believe that Amit Goswami is a prophet.The Spirituality of Realism refers to an ultimate reality that enables a person to discover the deepest values and meanings by which people live. Spiritual practices of Realists include meditation and contemplation. These practices are intended to lead to an experience of connectedness with a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self; with other individuals or the entire universe itself. Practicing Realism is a source of inspiration or orientation in life. Realist are urged to ritually meditate with no distraction each and every day for at least 30 minutes with chants of reverance, early morning or late evening with the goal being to get to a place where the individual is living in a moment of consciousness. This is known as the continuous worship model of Realism. Eventually, with enough practice, Realists are in a nearly constant state of worship and use the 30 minutes sessions to ensure this state is maintained.
- This trope describes the aesthetic school known as Realism. The idea is extremely simple: Art should replicate real life as closely as possible. It should be a "Slice of Life" if you will, and consistent with our expectations of reality outside the text. Realism has had various movements in different media over the centuries, and not necessarily coincident: Theatrical realism became manifest much later than realism in painting. It also appears in other forms in certain genres, such as the seeding idea of hard Science Fiction - the material reality of the fictional world should correspond as closely as possible to that of ours. It informs such concerns as Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic. Realism can also have different forms within a given medium. A painting could, for example, be photorealistic but depict Greco-Roman gods battling on a field. Similarly, a painting could be very abstract but depict something understood as realistic, such as two people having a conversation over coffee. The "Kitchen-Sink" dramas of the 1950s are an example of one form of realism in the Television medium. A number of other aesthetic movements have sprung from - and in some cases, in opposition to - realism, such as cubism. The expectation of realism from fiction is actually relatively recent and culturally bound. In literary terms, realism is the distinguishing feature of the novel, specifically psychological realism, where the characters act, or are supposed to act, like real people instead of just acting in certain ways to serve the needs of the plot. (Compare how people act in novels with how people act in fairy tales.) Evidently, opinions vary on the topic of realism. It shares a thread of origin with Romanticism, and is more or less the supertrope of Naturalism. See also Reality Is Unrealistic, Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic, Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness, Real Is Brown, Art Imitates Life. Realism is not synonymous with cynicism, but the two are often confused in ways which cause tropes such as edginess, explicitness and goriness to be associated with a work becoming "more realistic". In fiction, there are many Acceptable Breaks From Reality, though many works are Like Reality Unless Noted. Compare with Socialist Realism. Not to be confused with Real Life. Examples of Realism include:
- It is the belief of realism that the state can only maintain its independence and pursue its interests in an international society. Therefore, to establish and maintain a society of sovereign states is the goal of realism.
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- In 2370, admiring Data's clay sculpture of a PADD, whose dimensions were accurate to within 1.3%, Deanna Troi commented that he had no problem with realism. (TNG: "Masks" )
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