批ひ判はん的てきリアリズム

noun

critical realism

A philosophical term referring to the view that some of our sense-data can accurately represent external objects, properties, and events, while other sense-data do not. Used in epistemology and philosophy of science.

• 批ひ判はん的てきリアリズムは、知ち覚かくの信しん頼らい性せいについての立たち場ばの一ひとつだ。

  Critical realism is one stance on the reliability of perception.