phys·i·cal·ism (f z -k -lz m)n. Philosophy The view that all that exists is ultimately physical. phys i·cal·ist n.phys i·cal·istic adj. |
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.
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| Noun | 1. | physicalism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality 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 |
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