physicalistic

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n. Philosophy

The view that all that exists is ultimately physical.

physi·cal·ist n.

physi·cal·istic adj.

physicalism [ˈfɪzɪk^əˌlɪzəm]

(Philosophy) Philosophy the doctrine that all phenomena can be described in terms of space and time and that all meaningful statements are either analytic, as in logic and mathematics, or can be reduced to empirically verifiable assertions See also logical positivism, identity theory

physicalist n & adj

physicalistic 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.

See also: Philosophy

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Noun

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

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In fact, Brown, Murphy, and Malony (1998) have described a Christian approach called non-reductive physicalism that tries to avoid the problems of reductionism in a physicalistic, embodied view of the soul, although not all scholars will agree with such a view.

Theoretical issues in the relationship between psychology and ... by Tan, Siang-Yang / Journal of Psychology and Theology

He moves away from the narrow physicalistic perspectives that pervade official moral teachings and includes the psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of the human.

Virtue is in the middle by Drane, James F. / Conscience

But where deriving information from the concept of neg-entropy is too physicalistic, Maturana's idea of a multiverse is too close to constructivistic idealism.

Cybersemiotics and the problems of the information-processing ... by Brier, Soren / Library Trends

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