physicalism (redirected from physicalist)

phys·i·cal·ism  (fz-k-lzm)

n. Philosophy

The view that all that exists is ultimately physical.

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physi·cal·ist n.

physi·cal·istic adj.

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physicalism

a doctrine, related to logical positivism, that all meaningful statements, with the exception of necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must relate either directly or indirectly to observable properties of the temporal. — physicalist, n., adj.

See also: Philosophy

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physicalism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality materialism dialectical materialism - the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy