realist

realist (ˈrɪəlɪst)

—n
1.	a person who is aware of and accepts the physical universe, events, etc, as they are; pragmatist
2.	an artist or writer who seeks to represent the familiar or typical in real life rather than an idealized, formalized, or romantic interpretation
3.	philosophy a person who accepts realism
4.	(modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of realism or realists in the arts, philosophy, etc: a realist school

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No serious realist should claim that power is its own justification.

But the film's careful injection of a warm, humanist spirit into an elaborate magical realist vision sets it apart.

Though it's a fable, the point of view is still that of social realist cinema.

No realist would ever dream of attaining the level of success he has achieved.

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"Let us say, then, that both the realist and the antirealist accept the results of scientific investigations as "true," on a par with more homely truths.... And call this acceptance of scientific truths the "core position." What distinguishes realists from antirealists, then, is what they add onto this core position ... a third alternative emerges—and an attractive one at that. It is the core position itself, and all by itself.... Let me introduce the acronym NOA (pronounced as in "Noah"), for natural ontological attitude, and, henceforth, refer to the core position under that designation."

-Arthur Fine

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