scientific materialism
scientific materialism noun: the philosophical belief that nothing exists or occurs that does not have a scientific explanation, even if that scientific explanation is not yet known.
Noun
scientific materialism (countable and uncountable, plural scientific materialisms)
- The philosophical belief that nothing exists or occurs that does not have a scientific explanation, even if that scientific explanation is not yet known.
- That the analysis of scientific progress provides us with clues which are interesting from the humanistic point of view is the central idea of many antimetaphysical and antireligious doctrines such as positivism, neopositivism, scientific materialism, and the different versions of scientific...2000, Mariano Artigas, The Mind of the Universe, Templeton Foundation Press, →ISBN, page 55
Forms of scientific materialism
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Questions about scientific materialism
- What does scientific materialism mean?
- Scientific materialism means the philosophical belief that nothing exists or occurs that does not have a scientific explanation, even if that scientific explanation is not yet known.
- What part of speech is scientific materialism?
- Scientific materialism is a noun.
- What is the plural of scientific materialism?
- The plural of scientific materialism is scientific materialisms.
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