Reflectionism

Quick meaning: Reflectionism is a noun meaning The view that cultural phenomena (literature, art, etc.) simply mirror the ideology of the dominant economic patterns of society.

Meaning

The view that cultural phenomena (literature, art, etc.) simply mirror the ideology of the dominant economic patterns of society.

More Meanings

1. The belief that judgement is intuitive and that reflection and reason are subsequently applied to justify judgements.
2. The use of reflection to examine and critique aspects of society.
3. The belief that we apprehend the world by copying or reflecting it within the mind; the idea that thought is a reflection of reality, rather than something created by the mind.

Example Sentences

Reflectionism is the other side of the coin of normative realism .

Doesn't reflectionism itself imply that ontology is somehow prior?

Economic determinism is the central tenet of political theory and "naive" reflectionism is the basic premise of cultural theory.

Reflectionism is a philosophy that paradoxically accepts both monistic and dualistic views. This amounts to "having your cake and eating it too."

Word Forms

• reflectionisms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reflectivism, reflectivist, reproductionism, antirealism, idealism, subjectivism.

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