physicalist

physicalist

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  • physicalist — noun or adjective see physicalism …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • physicalist — noun A believer in physicalism …   Wiktionary

  • physicalist — n. person who advocates physicalism …   English contemporary dictionary

  • physicalist — phys·i·cal·ist …   English syllables

  • physicalist — lə̇st noun ( s) Etymology: physical (I) + ist 1. : one who holds human thoughts and acts to be determined by physical laws 2. : an advocate of physicalism …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Physicalism — is a philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things. The term was coined by Otto Neurath in a series of early… …   Wikipedia

  • materialism — /meuh tear ee euh liz euhm/, n. 1. preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values. 2. the philosophical theory that regards… …   Universalium

  • Mary's room — (also known as Mary the super scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article Epiphenomenal Qualia (1982) and extended in What Mary Didn t Know (1986). The argument is intended to motivate what is often… …   Wikipedia

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