physicalism
physicalism noun: 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.
Noun
physicalism (countable and uncountable, plural physicalisms)
- 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:
- materialism, philosophical materialism
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Forms of physicalism
| plural | physicalisms |
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Origin of physicalism
From physical + -ism.
Questions about physicalism
- What does physicalism mean?
- Physicalism means 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.
- What part of speech is physicalism?
- Physicalism is a noun.
- What is the plural of physicalism?
- The plural of physicalism is physicalisms.
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