Moderate Realism vs. Ultra Realism

[harshcshah]

What position does the Church take on moderate realism vs. ultra realism?

 

[edward_george1]

Realism as what? An artistic style? A philosophy? A kind of writing? A film genre? What do you mean?

And the Church doesn’t really take a position on every single thing. It takes a position on very few things, actually.

 

[Wesrock]

Of universals and knowledge of things? Scholastic philosophy largely endorsed moderate realism, and so do many Catholic philosophers, but in general terms I don’t think the Church has made any magisterial pronouncements on the subject of ultra realism leading to heresy or anything.

 

[Platonist]

This is troubling to me because it seems the scholastics only embraced Aristotle since thats all they had. There were barely any Latin platonic texts in Aquinas’s day. Taken on its own, ultra realism is more logical.

 

[harshcshah]

A philosophy?

Apologies for not being precise in the question. I meant to ask regarding the metaphysics of universals and the debate therein regarding moderate realism vs. ultra realism.

 

[BartholomewB]

@harshcshah, what makes you think the Church is sufficiently interested in the question to “take a position,” as you put it, one way or the other?

 

[RolandThompsonGunner]

And the Church doesn’t really take a position on every single thing. It takes a position on very few things, actually.

I feel like this needs to be in flashing red text at the top of the forums at all times.

 

[harshcshah]

@harshcshah, what makes you think the Church is sufficiently interested in the question to “take a position,” as you put it, one way or the other?

Well, it seems to be an important part of philosophical thought, although the Church can decide not to come on either side (like the dispute between Thomists and Molinists on predestination).

 

[BartholomewB]

Well, it seems to be an important part of philosophical thought

Not to everybody, I think.