physicalism

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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
in S Gluttenplan, A Companion to Philosophy of Mind (Blackwell, 1994), 471-79
the theory that human beings can be explained completely and adequately in terms of their physical or material components
{i} (Philosophy) form of materialism, philosophical doctrine or belief that matter and physical properties are the only reality
The view that everything that is real is, in some sense, really physical See also materialism <Discussion> <References> Pete Mandik & Peter Zachar
Belief that all mental properties, states, and events can be wholly explained in terms of physical properties, states, and events Versions of this position—usually focussed on type rather than token identity—predominate in contemporary application of materialist principles to the philosophy of mind Recommended Reading: Jeffrey Poland, Physicalism: The Philosophical Foundation (Clarendon, 1994) {at Amazon com}; Physicalism and Its Discontents, ed by Carl Gillett and Barry Loewer (Cambridge, 2001) {at Amazon com}; Emergence or Reduction?: Essays on the Prospects of Nonreductive Physicalism, ed by Ansgar Beckermann, Hans Flohr, and Jaegwon Kim (De Gruyter, 1992) {at Amazon com}; and Joseph E Corbi, Minds, Causes and Mechanisms: A Case Against Physicalism (Blackwell, 1999) {at Amazon com} Also see SEP, OCP on physicalism generally and physicalism in the philosophy of mind, DPM, ISM, noesis, and Jim Hopkins
materialism: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality