physicalism

== English == === Etymology === From physical + -ism. === Noun === physicalism (countable and uncountable, plural physicalisms) (philosophy) 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 ==== (philosophy): materialism (philosophy): philosophical materialism ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “philosophy”): idealism ==== Hypernyms ==== (philosophy): monism (philosophy): realism ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (philosophy): dualism ==== See also ==== idealism