physicalism

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Does that really make it any less real?At least for me, I'm confident that physicalism is false.

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

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noun

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

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noun

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

Example sentences

Does that really make it any less real?At least for me, I'm confident that physicalism is false.

In fact, no one can prove or disprove whether physicalism is true or false, whether dualism is true or false.

The alleged inference from "zombies are possible" to "physicalism is wrong" isn't quite what you say.

It definitely is rubbish if you are grounded in physicalism.

I don't understand why this is a valid argument against physicalism.

Furthermore, I think that the relatively recent work done in neuroscience -- work more recent than the idea of p-zombies, I would point out -- provides strong support for reductive physicalism.

Another view that fits perfectly within physicalism is that infinities are just an approximation, a reasoning tool to simplify things.

If you believe in the physicalism of the human brain and mind, then any definition of consciousness boils down to "a bunch of chemo-electrical impulses.

It dismisses physicalism in a just a couple of words on the grounds that physicalism cannot explain infinities, especially very large infinities.