physicalism

Meanings

Plural: physicalisms

Noun

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
• 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

Related Words

dualism, idealism