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Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature, and all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions. According to philosophical materialism, mind and consciousness are by
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See moreMaterialism belongs to the class of monist ontology, and is thus different from ontological theories based on dualism or pluralism. For singular explanations of the phenomenal reality, materialism would be in contrast to
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See moreThe nature and definition of matter—like other key concepts in science and philosophy—have occasioned much debate:
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See moreFrom contemporary physicists
Rudolf Peierls, a physicist who played a major role in the Manhattan Project, rejected materialism: "The...
See moreBefore Common Era
Materialism developed, possibly independently, in several geographically separated regions of...
See moreAnalytic philosophy
Contemporary analytic philosophers (e.g. Daniel Dennett, Willard Van Orman Quine, Donald Davidson, and Jerry Fodor) operate within a broadly...
See moreGeorge Stack distinguishes between materialism and physicalism:
In the twentieth century, physicalism has emerged out of...
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