Associations to the word «Physicalism»

Wiktionary

PHYSICALISM, noun. (philosophy) A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things.

Dictionary definition

PHYSICALISM, noun. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky