physicalism

English

Etymology

From physical +‎ -ism.

Noun

physicalism (countable and uncountable, plural physicalisms)

  1. (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.

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  • (antonym(s) of “philosophy”): idealism

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