Questions tagged [materialism]
Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds the fundamental basis of reality is matter and all mental states are caused by states of this material world.
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Who am I? Mind, body, mind and body or something else?
The mind with it's thoughts, emotions, memories, perceptions, and various mental processes. Including the conscious and unconscious aspects of mental activity, shaping one's identity and influencing ...
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How in a purely physical universe would a perfect recreation of a human not necessarily imply a "transfer" of its conciousness? [closed]
I've been kicking around this idea for a while and I have attempted to propose it in different forums yet the idea is treated as illogical but I cannot find/understand why it would be so impossible.
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Are the interests of every bourgeois person (not just the class in general) against the working class?
Are the interests of every bourgeois person (not just the class in general) always against those of the working class? I'm just intrigued whether a socialist bourgeois is necessary acting against ...
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Is liberal economics theory materialist?
I know only about a few liberal economists who directly adhered to philosophical materialism, while not all were vocal about it (Locke, Adam Smith, Voltaire, David Friedman*). I am not completely sure ...
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Does utilitarianism imply materialism?
Does utilitarianism imply materialism?
Utilitarianism has for one component epicurianism, which is a materialist philosophy, and also consequentialism which cares about real life consequences of ...
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How shall I understand these two "oppositions": pragmatism against idealism, positivism against irrationalism?
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Western-philosophy/The-19th-century says
As for the 19th century, however, if one single feature of its thought could be singled out for emphasis, it might be called ...
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How exactly does representational theory of mind help resolve the materialist problem of a qualia without physical origin?
I was reading this stanford entry and I can't understand how representationalism helps overcome the problem of a sensory quality without external origin that otherwise undermines belief in materialism....
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How did Nietzsche prove his will to power?
Was Nietzsche right about the will to power? Specifically, did he (or any of his interpreters) prove (let's take Kant's system as a cut off for 'proof') that the will to power, either individually or ...
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Materialism can cover idealism but idealism cannot cover materialism?
It seems to me that materialism can cover idealism, but not the contrary.
A materialist can recognize that reality is in part made of ideas, simply by saying that ideas are made of a bunch of ...
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Am I a materialist?
I believe that there is nothing even close to non-trivial certainty in philosophy, at least outside of ethics and psychology. For this reason, I believe in monism at about 60%. Furthermore, I believe ...
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Seeking Help on Cartesian Dualism and the Mind-Body Relationship
I'm currently studying philosophy and I'm struggling with the concept of Cartesian dualism, particularly in relation to other theories about the mind-body relationship. I'm wondering if anyone here ...
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Is there a privileged link between materialism and natural sciences? [closed]
Is there a privileged link between materialism and natural sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, and physics), which study the physical world?
(1) Extreme supposition: is it contradictory to do natural ...
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Arguments against idealism / arguments against materialism
Are there any counter-argument to these arguments against idealism on the one hand, materialism in the other?
(1) Argument against idealism.
What is the relationship between idealists and their bodies?...
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How to make the notion of materialism testable/falsifiable?
The whole idea behind the scientific method is that reality is material in nature, is there any way that we could test this notion? All attempts by the scientific method to prove or substantiate the ...
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Can empiricists and materialists accept metaphysical modality?
There are some propositions such as 1+1=2 that seem to be true in all possible worlds. That is, there is no possible world in which 1+1=2 is not true. Propositions like this that seem to be true in ...
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