physicalism

• Философская теория, утверждающая, что всё существующее является физическим или зависит от физического, отрицающая существование нефизических субстанций или сущностей.

A philosophical theory asserting that everything that exists is physical or supervenes on the physical, denying the existence of non-physical substances or entities.

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1. Philosophical theoryC2formal

   The philosophical position that everything that exists is physical or supervenes on the physical, denying the existence of non-physical substances like souls or spirits.

   Физикализм

   • Physicalism argues that mental states are identical to brain states.
   • Many contemporary philosophers of mind defend a version of physicalism.
   • The debate between physicalism and dualism is central to modern metaphysics.

   Synonymsmaterialism

   Antonymsdualismidealismmentalismspiritualism