Physicalism

/fˈɪzɪkəlˌɪzəm/

[noun]

Physicalism

[NOUN]

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

synonyms : materialism

Examples

1. And we deeply believe in physicalism.

2. We learned about reductive physicalism, substance dualism, and mysterianism.

3. Jackson devised this thought experiment as an argument against reductive physicalism.

4. The mind-body problem hasn’t been solved, and physicalism hasn’t been proven, because both of those things require our brains to do something they can’t do.

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