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单词 substantialism
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Definition of substantialism in English:

substantialism

noun səbˈstanʃ(ə)lɪz(ə)msəbˈstæn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəm
mass nounPhilosophy
  • The doctrine that behind phenomena there are substantial realities.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The third revolutionary element is Buddhism's rejection of substantialism for the sake of a system of thought based on relativity as represented by the law of cause and effect.
    • The key question confronting sociologists in the present day is not ‘material versus ideal,’ ‘structure versus agency,’ ‘individual versus society,’ or any of the other dualisms so often noted; rather, it is the choice between substantialism and relationalism.
    • Thus, both Buddhist doctrine and Whitehead's philosophy avoid the extremes of substantialism and nihilism, and propose that things have a relational, interdependent type of existence.
    • A third type of substantialism amounts to the theory that there is a plurality of ultimately irreducible individual souls rather than just a single divine one.
    • The extreme of substantialism, whereby one asserts oneself, goes hand in hand with the extreme of nihilism, whereby one negates the other.

Derivatives

  • substantialist

  • noun & adjective səbˈstanʃ(ə)lɪstˌsəbˈstæn(t)ʃələst
    Philosophy
    • The relational point of view on social action and historical change can most usefully be characterized by comparing it with its opposite, the substantialist perspective.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The roots of the substantialist way of seeing the world are Hellenistic and patriarchal.
      • One is led almost automatically by the substantialist language to attribute identity, agency, interests, and will to groups.
      • In our language, and in our common sense understanding of language, the substantialist meaning of ‘being’ is the literal and genuine meaning, and any other is metaphorical and lesser.
      • Process thinkers do not accept the prevalent substantialist and deterministic understanding of the self.
 
 

Definition of substantialism in US English:

substantialism

nounsəbˈstæn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəmsəbˈstan(t)SHəˌlizəm
Philosophy
  • The doctrine that behind phenomena there are substantial realities.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A third type of substantialism amounts to the theory that there is a plurality of ultimately irreducible individual souls rather than just a single divine one.
    • The extreme of substantialism, whereby one asserts oneself, goes hand in hand with the extreme of nihilism, whereby one negates the other.
    • Thus, both Buddhist doctrine and Whitehead's philosophy avoid the extremes of substantialism and nihilism, and propose that things have a relational, interdependent type of existence.
    • The third revolutionary element is Buddhism's rejection of substantialism for the sake of a system of thought based on relativity as represented by the law of cause and effect.
    • The key question confronting sociologists in the present day is not ‘material versus ideal,’ ‘structure versus agency,’ ‘individual versus society,’ or any of the other dualisms so often noted; rather, it is the choice between substantialism and relationalism.
 
 
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