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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Is materialism a philosophy accepted by the majority in western societies?
I was in a philosophy class and the teacher mentioned some philosophical ideas and asked us to raise our hands if we agreed with a certain statement. The overwhelming majority agreed with materialism ...
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Is there a reason to know? [closed]
I am going to talk about the necessity of the reason to know by talking about the nature of spacetime, and therefore, of our nature. I'm not sure whether this is specific enough for StackExchange, but ...
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Agential Realism and diffractive reading to analysis a specific topic
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I am currently facing a very big challenge, based on my studies. I am currently attending a seminar of New Materialism, which above all thematizes agential realism. An essential element here ...
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Can science prove or provide evidence that the brain is the source of the mind
I am seeking published discussions or arguments about this proposition, though some discussion here would be useful:
Science can prove or provide significant evidence that the brain is the
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Is everything that exists an actual entity?
My professor asked us to think about this question as we go through the unit but I am not sure what the question means. I would greatly appreciate if you could help me understand the question or give ...
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Making It with Death: The complicity of Phenomenology with Effort
In his essay, Making it with Death, Nick Land makes some assertions about Phenomenology:
Work is also complicit with phenomenology, which grounds the experience of effort, rather than treating this ...
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How can a non-Materialist Atheist explain the Universe's creation without God(s)?
If we define Atheism and Materialism as follows:
"Atheism: disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or
gods." [1]
"Materialism: the theory or belief that nothing exists except ...
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Why do the limits to the computation of the universe appear to us as fundamental physical constants? [closed]
According to the Estakhr's Principle of Physical Constants Physical Constants are Computational limits or vice versa.
Why do the limits to the computation of the universe appear to us as fundamental ...
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Can physical aspects of the brain reveal everything about what one's subjective experience is like?
In Colin McGinn's "The Mysterious Flame," McGinn argues against the materialistic response to the hard problem of consciousness with the following argument:
Suppose I know everything about your ...
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Should we think twice about dualism?
With the rise of Materialism and Physicalism a dualistic ontology has fallen out of favor. The successes of Science makes makes us comfortable to deny any entity beyond the "Observable Universe". ...
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Is injustice the "Achilles Heel" of materialism?
Under materialism (the notion that origins of the world and human society are unguided natural processes), it may be difficult to ground ethics in reality but nevertheless, materialists can be ...
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Do objective improvements to descriptive ethics always improve normative ethics?
Robert Nozick provided an argument against Utilitarianism called Experience Machine. The argument involves only the "Is" part: "We have reason not to plug into the experience machine." But this makes ...
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Nature of Logic and Mathematics, and its relationship with God and materialism
I believe that logic is infallible, mathematics is true and that an entirely mathematical description of the entire universe is possible.
Are these inconsistent with materialism and atheism? Can ...
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How do materialists respond to the thought experiment of the perception of blue and red colors being swapped?
By materialism, I mean the belief that the totality of all in existence is material. That is, particles/waves/energy in the space-time fabric.
If one were to construct a thought experiment that ...
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is there an any practical application of dialectical materialism?
Are out there practical applications of dialectical materialism? something on sciences, engineering or art?
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