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physicalism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | materialism |
| Type of | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory |
| Has types | dialectical materialism |
Examples of physicalism
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There are two main interpretations of a posteriori physicalism which exist today.
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Is physicalism a repudiation of mental objects after all, or a theory of them?
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Hence, the question arises whether there can still be a non-reductive physicalism.
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I said nothing about physicalism, dualism, materialism or anything like that.
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In practice, it is frequently assimilated to one variety of physicalism or another.
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Tudge may feel that Dawkins's physicalism implies that, but Dawkins doesn't.
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Whereas if we accept reductive physicalism, the pain would be those c-fibres firing.
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However, supervenience alone is not sufficient to establish the basis of physicalism.
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Phenomenology is a direct reaction to the psychologism and physicalism of Husserl's time.
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- Materialism: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is 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. ...
- Belief that all mental properties, states, and events can be wholly explained in terms of physical properties, states, and events. ...
- This position asserts that all things are physical or material, and thus can be understood in terms of their physics. This discounts any non-material reality (i.e., metaphysics). This is often used interchangeably with materialism.
- A viewpoint proposing that the mind is solely a physical phenomenon i.e., it is the result of physical phenomena and has no nonphysical component (no 'spirit' or 'soul'). Consciousness arises from purely physical phenomena. ...
- The view that all that exists is ultimately physical.
- The view that only physical things and their properties exist; sometimes called materialism. (PIM-614)
- One of the two possible monist positions in the mind-brain debate (the other being idealism). Specifically, the notion that the laws of the brain will, once they have been finally and fully established, be able to explain not just the workings of the brain, but those of the mind as well. ...
- The theory that human beings can be explained completely and adequately in terms of their physical or material components
