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materialism

materialism Materialism is the metaphysical view that everything in the universe can be explained in terms of matter and its movements or changes.

Materialism is the metaphysical view that everything in the universe can be explained in terms of matter and its movements or changes. In this view, even consciousness and other mental events are treated as results of physical processes, with psychical life reduced to transformations of material elements.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Materialism” (Materialism).
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