单词 | physicalism |
释义 | physicalism[ fiz-i-kuh-liz-uhm ] / ˈfɪz ɪ kəˌlɪz əm / nouna 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. Origin of physicalismFrom the German word Physikalismus, dating back to 1930–35. See physical, -ism OTHER WORDS FROM physicalismphys·i·cal·ist, noun, adjectiveWords nearby physicalismphysical education, physical examination, physical geography, physical half-life, physical handicap, physicalism, physicalistic, physicality, physicalize, physical jerks, physically Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for physicalismphysicalism / (ˈfɪzɪkəˌlɪzəm) / nounphilosophy 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 physicalismphysicalist, noun, adjectivephysicalistic, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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