1. 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.