Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The view that all that exists is ultimately physical.
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- noun 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.
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- noun (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
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Examples
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That doesn't lead to 'physicalism is triumphant' but 'all bets are off'.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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That doesn't lead to 'physicalism is triumphant' but 'all bets are off'.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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In metaphysics this idea is often called physicalism (or materialism), which assumes in a biological context that (a) biological properties supervene on physical properties (i.e., no difference in a biological property without a difference in some underlying physical property), and (b) each particular biological process (or token) is metaphysically identical to some particular physico-chemical process.
Reductionism in Biology Brigandt, Ingo 2008
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I have an interest in the notion of physicalism, but I don't really have a complete grasp of the idea - this idea seems to go a long way toward helping me understand it more.
Nancey Murphy - Is “Nonreductive Physicalism” an Oxymoron? William Harryman 2009
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This is exactly where materialism aka physicalism aka postmodernism aka monism falls very squarely on its face, which, poetically, is the appropriate attitude for repentance.
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Edit materialism aka physicalism aka postmodernism aka monism
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Edit materialism aka physicalism aka postmodernism aka monism
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This is exactly where materialism aka physicalism aka postmodernism aka monism falls very squarely on its face, which, poetically, is the appropriate attitude for repentance.
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The same taste for cartoons seems to be in evidence among critics of evolution who imagine that they are attacking some monolithic conspiracy such as “materialism aka physicalism aka postmodernism aka monism.”
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This is exactly where materialism aka physicalism aka postmodernism aka monism falls very squarely on its face, which, poetically, is the appropriate attitude for repentance. steve s
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