monisms

mo·nism (m

m, m

n. Philosophy

1. The view in metaphysics that reality is a unified whole and that all existing things can be ascribed to or described by a single concept or system.

2. The doctrine that mind and matter are formed from, or reducible to, the same ultimate substance or principle of being.

monist n.

mo·nistic (m

-n

k, m

-) adj.

mo·nisti·cal·ly adv.

monism [ˈmɒnɪzəm]

1. (Philosophy) Philosophy the doctrine that the person consists of only a single substance, or that there is no crucial difference between mental and physical events or properties Compare dualism [2] See also materialism [2] idealism [3]

2. (Philosophy) Philosophy the doctrine that reality consists of an unchanging whole in which change is mere illusion Compare pluralism [5]

3. (Philosophy) the epistemological theory that the object and datum of consciousness are identical

4. the attempt to explain anything in terms of one principle only

[from Greek monos single + -ism]

monist n & adj

monistic adj

monistically adv

monism

1. Metaphysics. a theory that only one basic substance or principle exists as the ground of reality. Cf. dualism, pluralism.
2. Metaphysics. a theory that reality consists of a single element. Cf. pluralism.
3. Epistemology. a theory that the object and the sense datum of cognition are identical. — monist, n. — monistic, monistical, adj.

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