physicalist
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- noun
- /ˈfɪzɪkəlɪst/
- Specialized
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fisicalista
- Many physicalists assert that there is no need to invoke non-physical explanations for human behavior.
- Most physicalists
I think the physicalist, if he's an open minded physicalist, can entertain the notion of free will.
- I think the physicalist, if he's an open minded physicalist, can entertain the notion of free will.
- Do you come with, come at this problem open to dualism or panpsychism, or are you more of a physicalist?
- And that's that, you know, basically now he's a physicalist for for him, they are real universes.
Examples
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In a debate about consciousness, the physicalist argued that all mental states correspond to physical processes.
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Are there things about us that the physicalist cannot explain?
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The physicalist most closely models itself on the physical sciences.
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Well, if you're a physicalist, these things can't happen, right?
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Most physicalists wish to maintain that the mind just is the brain or, perhaps more strictly, that it is the activity or functionality of the brain.
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The physicalist tends to view society on the analogy of a machine or as the outcome of various forces that push and pull society in various directions.
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We are often told by the more mystical among us that we, physicalist proponents of a scientific approach, are excluding the non-physical as possibilities.
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As Harrington has argued, these narratives allow a physicalist culture to find meaning and explanation in disease and illness that fall far beyond the modern medical paradigm.
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The mind-brain problem, as posed to physicalists, is standardly presented as the puzzle of comprehending how mere physical reality might account for the properly mental.
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A physicalist believes that the mind can be fully explained by the workings of the brain and body.
Synonyms
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A person who believes only physical things exist and mind comes from the brain
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A philosopher who believes natural events are explained by physical causes
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Physicalist comes from the word physical, which means 'relating to the body or the natural world', and the ending -ist, which names a person with a belief or skill, like a pianist or artist. So a physicalist is a person who thinks everything can be explained by physical processes.