Vol. 5, Issue 6, Part D (2019)

Abstract
The paper aims to elucidate philosophical schools of thought called idealism and realism from the perspective of history of Indian Philosophy. Both idealism and realism, as philosophical terms, deal with the relationship between our minds and the world. Idealism is the view that things exist only as ideas, with no reality as material objects outside the mind. Realism is the view that the objects exist in themselves, independently of our consciousness of them. Therefore, there is a need for proper rationalization and explanation to these philosophical schools of thoughts about their origin, proponent aims and contemporary implications.