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physicalism
[ fiz-i-kuh-liz-uhm ]
/ ˈfɪz ɪ kəˌlɪz əm /
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noun
a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
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British Dictionary definitions for physicalism
physicalism
/ (ˈfɪzɪkəˌlɪzəm) /
noun
philosophy the doctrine that all phenomena can be described in terms of space and time and that all meaningful statements are either analytic, as in logic and mathematics, or can be reduced to empirically verifiable assertionsSee also logical positivism, identity theory
Derived forms of physicalism
physicalist, noun, adjectivephysicalistic, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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