physicalism
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English
Etymology
Noun
physicalism (countable and uncountable, plural physicalisms)
- (philosophy) A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality.
Synonyms
- (philosophy): materialism
- (philosophy): philosophical materialism
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “philosophy”): idealism
Hypernyms
Translations
philosophical position
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See also
- (philosophy): dualism