- physicalist
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physicalist
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physicalist — noun or adjective see physicalism … New Collegiate Dictionary
physicalist — See physicalism. * * * … Universalium
physicalist — noun A believer in physicalism … Wiktionary
physicalist — physicalism … Philosophy dictionary
physicalist — n. person who advocates physicalism … English contemporary dictionary
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
physicalism — physicalist, n., adj. /fiz i keuh liz euhm/, n. a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to… … Universalium
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
