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Physicalism

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materialismnoun	Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

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Word	Definition
materialismnoun	Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.
philosophical materialismnoun	Synonym of materialism (“the philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.”).
corporealismnoun	(sociology) The use of physical attributes as a criterion or value (royal blood, race, multiracialism, inability, physical abilities).
personalismnoun	The character of being personal.
physicismnoun	The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.
metaphysical naturalismnoun	(philosophy, metaphysics) Philosophical worldview which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences.
scientific materialismnoun	(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists or occurs that does not have a scientific explanation, even if that scientific explanation is not yet known.
mechanismnoun	(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
hylismnoun	(philosophy) Materialism: the theory that there is nothing beyond matter.
relationismnoun	(philosophy) The doctrine that relations between things have a real existence.
realismnoun	A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
epistemicismnoun	(philosophy) A philosophical position asserting that there are facts about the boundaries of a vague predicate (such as "is thin" or "is bald") which cannot be discovered.
naturalismnoun	(philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
reductivismnoun	Extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials
metaphysicksnoun	Obsolete form of metaphysics. [(philosophy, uncountable) The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (Latin: ens in quantum ens).]
substantialismnoun	(philosophy) The doctrine that substantial reality is the basis of all phenomena
physiomedicalistnoun	A proponent of physicomedicalism.
positivismnoun	(philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.
metaphysicsnoun	(philosophy, uncountable) The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (Latin: ens in quantum ens).
objectivismnoun	(sometimes capitalized) The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.