physicalism

n. (Philosophy) form of materialism, philosophical doctrine or belief that matter and physical properties are the only reality

Physicalism is 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. The term was coined by Otto Neurath in a series of early 20th century essays on the subject, in which he wrote: In contemporary philosophy physicalism is most frequently associated with philosophy of mind, in particular the mind/body problem, in which it holds that the mind is a physical thing in all senses. In other words, all that has been ascribed to "mind" is more correctly ascribed to "brain". Physicalism is also called "materialism", but the term "physicalism" is preferable because it has evolved with the physical sciences to incorporate far more sophisticated notions of physicality than matter, for example wave/particle relationships and unseen, non-material forces. Some philosophers use the term "materialism" to denote descriptions based on the motions of matter and "physicalism" for descriptions based on matter and world geometry (see: Stoljar 2001).
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Noun
1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
(synonym) materialism
(hypernym) philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
(hyponym) dialectical materialism
(classification) philosophy

The view that everything that is real is, in some sense, really physical. See also materialism .
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