New realism (philosophy)

When neorealism (also neorealism ) is a flow of English philosophy in the early 20th century. As its founder is considered George Edward Moore.

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The neorealists provide a counter-movement to neo-Hegelianism and generally idealistic positions; they advocate a unspeculative processing of philosophical problems, a single, they seek the means of a thorough analysis, logic, mathematics and the methods of the natural sciences to solve. The formation of great philosophical systems, however, is discarded.

Significant representatives of neorealism

• Samuel Alexander
• Charlie Dunbar Broad
• William Pepperell Montague
• George Edward Moore
• Conwy Lloyd Morgan
• Bertrand Russell
• Alfred North Whitehead.

Another group of neorealists, which has close ties to the neo-positivism is led by Alfred Jules Ayer.