noun
- plural of physicalism; philosophical theories that everything that exists is physical or depends on the physical
Usage: philosophy; academic
Examples
- Different physicalisms propose various ways to explain mental phenomena.
- The professor compared several physicalisms in her philosophy of mind course.
- Modern physicalisms attempt to account for consciousness through brain activity.
- Students debated the merits of competing physicalisms.
- These physicalisms reject the existence of non-physical substances.
- Contemporary physicalisms face challenges from quantum mechanics.