Realism and Reality

A Theory of Genre: Romance, Realism, and Moral Reality

Energy-time entanglement, elements of reality, and local realism

The Franson interferometer, proposed in 1989 [J. D. Franson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 62:2205–2208 (1989)], beautifully shows the counter-intuitive nature of light. The quantum description predicts sinusoidal interference for specific outcomes of the experiment, and these predictions can be verified in experiment. In the spirit of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen it is possible to ask if the quantum-mecha...

Realism in Modeling and Simulation with Implications for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Immersive Environments

Improved realism in modeling and simulation (M&S) efforts is increasingly viewed as a necessity or requirement across a wide spectrum of Department of Defense (DoD) projects. However, the definition of M&S realism differs considerably across the community of practice. The goal is to clarify the requirements for realism; to elucidate the meaning of realism as it pertains to different communities...

Realism vs. Reality: Creating Virtual Reconstructions of Architectural Artifacts

Virtual representations of architectural artifacts present spatial properties of particular objects. It is not sufficient to provide visual accuracy of the model without broader context. Structure, backgrounds, scenarios and narratives are necessary to immerse the viewer into virtual re-creations of the artifacts and to understand their original function. The concept of immersion has been explo...

21 Realism / Anti - Realism

The main realism/anti-realism issue in the philosophy of science is the issue of scientific realism, concerned with the unobservable entities of science. However, there is also a more general issue, often known as “realism about the external world,” concerned primarily with the observable entities of common sense, but which spreads to scientific entities, both observable and unobservable. The i...