physicalism
nounEtymology From physical + -ism.
1
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences 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
- materialism, philosophical materialism
- Antonyms
- idealism