Open AccessA brief history of new realism
Author(s) -
Maurizio Ferraris
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid1603597f
Subject(s) - idealism , realism , postmodernism , sketch , philosophy , philosophical realism , adversary , epistemology , critical realism (philosophy of perception) , aesthetics , computer science , computer security , algorithm
In this paper I try to sketch a brief history of new realism. Starting from nineteenth century idealism, I then move on to discuss twentieth century postmodernism, which, I argue, is the heir of idealism and the theoretical enemy of new realism. Finally, I offer a reconstruction of how and why contemporary new realism came into being and propose a few remarks on its future perspectives