noun
- people who believe in physicalism, the philosophical doctrine that everything that exists is physical or depends on the physical
Usage: philosophy
Examples
- The physicalists argued that mental states are identical to brain states.
- Many contemporary philosophers are physicalists who reject the existence of non-physical substances.
- The debate between physicalists and dualists continues in philosophy of mind.
- Physicalists maintain that consciousness can be explained through neural processes.
- The conference brought together physicalists from various universities to discuss materialism.
- Unlike Cartesian dualists, physicalists deny the existence of an immaterial soul.