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Meaning of "physicalism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHYSICALISM

physicalism  [ˈfɪzɪkəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHYSICALISM

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Physicalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHYSICALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Physicalism

In philosophy, physicalism is the ontological thesis that "everything is physical", or that there is "nothing over and above" the physical. Physicalism, therefore, is a form of ontological monism—a "one stuff" view of the nature of reality as opposed to a "two-stuff" or "many-stuff" view. Two questions immediately arise. First, what is meant by "the physical"? Second, what is it for non-physical properties to be "nothing over and above" the physical? Physicalism is closely related to materialism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHYSICALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHYSICALISM

physical education
physical examination
physical exercise
physical fitness
physical geography
physical handicap
physical jerks
physical medicine
physical science
physical therapist
physical therapy
physical training
physicalist
physicalistic
physicality
physically
physically handicapped
physically impaired
physicalness
physicals

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHYSICALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of physicalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «physicalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHYSICALISM

Find out the translation of physicalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of physicalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «physicalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

物理主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fisicalismo
570 millions of speakers

English

physicalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

physicalism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفيزيائي physicalism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

физикализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fisicalismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

physicalism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

physicalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fizikalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Physikalismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

物理主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

물리주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fisikisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

duy vật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

physicalism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भौतिकवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

physicalism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fisicalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fizykalizmu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

физикализм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fizicalismul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυσικαλισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

physicalism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fysikalismen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fysikalismen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of physicalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYSICALISM»

The term «physicalism» is normally little used and occupies the 123.533 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYSICALISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about physicalism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHYSICALISM»

Discover the use of physicalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to physicalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Physicalism
In this superb introduction to the problem Daniel Stoljar focuses on three fundamental questions: the interpretation, truth and philosophical significance of physicalism.
Daniel Stoljar, 2010
2
Physicalism, or Something Near Enough
Is a physicalist account of consciousness possible? The book's starting point is the "supervenience" argument (sometimes called the "exclusion" argument), which Kim reformulates in an extended defense.
Jaegwon Kim, 2007
3
Physicalism and Its Discontents
A collection of essays by physicalists and their critics on the important doctrine of physicalism, first published in 2001.
Carl Gillett, Barry Loewer, Carl Gillett, 2007
4
Consciousness and the Prospects of Physicalism
In this book, Derk Pereboom explores how physicalism might best be formulated and defended against the best anti-physicalist arguments.
Derk Pereboom, 2011
5
Physicalism in Mathematics
This collection of papers has its origin in a conference held at the Uni versity of Toronto in June of 1988. The theme of the conference was Physicalism in Mathematics: Recent Work in the Philosophy of Math ematics.
A.D. Irvine, 1990
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Physicalism: The Philosophical Foundations
Jeffrey Poland presents a systematic and comprehensive exploration of contemporary physicalis, its motivating ideas and values, its presuppositions and problems, and its broader significance.
Jeffrey Stephen Poland, 1994
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Consciousness and its place in nature: does physicalism ...
In this book Strawson provides the fullest and most careful statement of his position to date, throwing down the gauntlet to his critics by inviting them to respond in print.
Galen Strawson, Anthony Freeman, 2006
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Objections to Physicalism
Physicalism has, over the past twenty years, become almost an orthodoxy, especially in the philosophy of mind. Many philosophers, however, feel uneasy about this development, and this volume is intended as a collective response to it.
Howard Robinson, 1996
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E-Physicalism: A Physicalist Theory of Phenomenal Consciousness
This work advances a theory in the metaphysics of phenomenal consciousness, which the author labels “e-physicalism”.
Reinaldo J. Bernal Velásquez, 2012
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A Construction of a Posteriori Physicalism
This dissertation aims to provide a posteriori answers to the mystery of consciousness, which can be articulated in the form of the zombie argument, which denies physicalism if there is a possible world in which a physical/functional ...
Woojin Han, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHYSICALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term physicalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Puny Humans, Geocentrism, and ET
Such crude physicalism was put to bed 3000 years ago, when the king of Syria was rudely disabused of the notion that God was a God of the ... «National Catholic Register, Jul 15»
2
Beyond Brain Machines
A new consensus is taking shape: We can break out of the prison of reductive physicalism. The message of the protestors revolves around one ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
3
Late To The Party: Ex Machina
It's better known as the knowledge argument, created by Frank Jackson to counter the idea of physicalism, a view where everything in the ... «Platform Nation, May 15»
4
What's So Simple About Personal Identity?
Proponents of either theory might come from the camp of materialism/physicalism, or from the position that persons are immaterial kinds of things. John Locke is ... «Philosophy Now, Mar 15»
5
Why — and how — we should legalize psychedelics
According to the authors, reductive materialism, or just physicalism, is the belief popular among most scientists that everything can, at bottom, ... «Raw Story, Mar 15»
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This Weekend in California, Paul Nelson Will Speak on the "God of …
On this view -- call it the inherent superiority of physicalism ... various philosophical threads that make up the superiority-of-physicalism claim. «Discovery Institute, Feb 15»
7
Human Soul Found? Quantum Theory Of Consciousness 'Orch OR …
On the side of physicalism, some scientists claim the soul or consciousness can be reduced to mere computations conducted within the neural ... «The Inquisitr, Feb 15»
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Charles Townes, Inventor of the Laser, Nobel Laureate, Believer
Physicalism, in philosophy, holds that that there is nothing in existence except the physical. Charles Hard Townes, a Nobel Prize-winning ... «Aleteia, Jan 15»
9
Review: The Hard Problem
This creates an unfair assimilation between physicalism and egoism, which we see most in Spike, who often appears in an advanced state of ... «The News Hub, Jan 15»
10
Why can't the world's greatest minds solve the mystery of …
But it was always bound to grow unacceptable to an increasingly secular scientific establishment that took physicalism – the position that only ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»

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