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物理主義 (ぶつりしゅぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
physicalism
Philosophical position that everything is physical or supervenes on the physical; used in philosophy of mind and metaphysics.
Kanji 理 logic, arrangement, reason righteousness, justice, morality
Similar words 唯ゆい 物ぶつ 論ろん 唯物論 (materialism) is a broader metaphysical view that only matter exists, while 物理主義 (physicalism) is a more specific contemporary position often tied to physics and science.
二に 元げん 論ろん 二元論 (dualism) holds that mind and matter are fundamentally distinct, directly opposing physicalism.
Etymology Compound of 物理 (physics, physical) and 主義 (doctrine, -ism). A modern philosophical term, likely a calque from English 'physicalism'.
