physicalism

English

Etymology

From physical +‎ -ism.

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.

Synonyms

• (philosophy): materialism
• (philosophy): philosophical materialism

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “philosophy”): idealism

Hypernyms

• (philosophy): monism
• (philosophy): realism

Translations

philosophical position

• Finnish: fysikalismi
• Galician: fisicalismo (gl) m
• Greek: φυσισμός m (fysismós)
• Italian: fisicismo (it) m

See also

• (philosophy): dualism

See also

• idealism