"physicalism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: physicalisms [plural]
Etymology: From physical + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|physical|ism}} physical + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} physicalism (countable and uncountable, plural physicalisms)
  1. (philosophy) 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, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality. Wikipedia link: physicalism Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Synonyms: materialism [philosophy, human-sciences, sciences], philosophical materialism [philosophy, human-sciences, sciences] Hypernyms: monism [philosophy, human-sciences, sciences], realism [philosophy, human-sciences, sciences] Related terms: dualism [philosophy, human-sciences, sciences], idealism Translations (philosophical position): fysikalismi (Finnish), fisicalismo [masculine] (Galician), φυσισμός (fysismós) [masculine] (Greek), fisicismo [masculine] (Italian)

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