Physical materialism

Cypress said:
Materialism posits that reality is entirely composed of matter. According to this perspective, everything that exists is physical, and all processes, including mental states and consciousness, arise from material interactions.

Physicalism is the view that "everything is physical", that there is "nothing over and above" the physical.

Scientism is a philosophical worldview that asserts that all knowledge about the universe can be obtained solely through scientific inquiry, particularly through the scientific method, which emphasizes empirical evidence and repeatable experiments.


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Dialectical materialism?
 
Perry the Ronery said:
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Cypress said:
Is that from Karl Marx? He was a materialist and he was influenced by Hegel's dialectic.
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Yes

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A Brief and Imperfect Explanation of Dialectical Materialism — Hampton Institute

[Pictured: Konstantin Yuon’s painting, New Planet, which commemorated the Bolshevik-led October Revolution in Russia.] By Peter F. Seeger Dialectical Materialism is a foundational principle of Marxism. This concept, along with Historical Materialism and Marxist Economics, are known as the
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Dutch Uncle said:
Agreed, but anger never looks good on anyone except physical altercations. Online it just makes them look stupid and overly emotional. Which all extremists tend to do.

Mature, rational people "maintain an even strain". Militant atheists, not so much.
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By that description, you must be pretty ugly, Sybil.

There is no such thing as a 'militant atheist'.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
Dawkins certainly did. LOL

Exactly. Anyone who grew up in America over the past 65 years has grown up in a heavily commercialized environment. We're constantly inundated with commercials telling us that if we don't buy our loved ones a certain car or fashion accessory, then we don't really love them. We're constantly pressured to believe that if we aren't rich, then we are losers.

The Orange Messiah is an excellent example of such ideals. Same goes for those who choose to follow him.
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Psychoquackery. TDS.
 
Cypress said:
You're always demeaning and belligerent when someone doesn't agree 110 percent with your militant and uncompromising atheism.

Angry atheists are never a good look.
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There is no such thing as a militant atheist.
Why do you think an atheist is angry?
Cypress said:
I'm not smart enough to know what the answer is. I'm saying reason, consciousness, imagination is something beyond physics and chemistry. We don't have a science to explain it. It's possible it's something transcendental, it's possible we are participating in some kind of universal Tao. Who knows?
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Random words. No apparent coherency.
Cypress said:
On the other hand, I'm willing to hear someone convince me that consciousness, imagination, love, conscience is nothing more than the motions of inanimate electrons in your skull.
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Random words isn't a discussion, Cyborg.
 
Cypress said:
It's usually the bible thumpers and the militant atheists who get belligerent and annoyed when someone does not agree 120 percent with their belief system.
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There is no such thing as a 'militant atheist'. Buzzword fallacy. Not every Christian thumps a Bible. Most treat it with better respect than that. Buzzword fallacy.
There is no such thing as 120% of a belief system.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
A question that limits people to a black & white answer. I think there's more to existence than our corporeal bodies. I think some part of who we are transcends death but I also believe that we won't remain individuals. More like the "tears in the rain" thing. A drop in the ocean.

Some fear it because they fear losing themselves. Others see it as an opportunity to become part of something greater. Some think "when yur ded, yur ded". Weird, eh?
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To me, it's self-evident that there is an immaterial reality that transcends the human brain. The mathematical laws of the universe and the laws of logic were discovered by humans because, uniquely among animals, out minds have the ability of abstract thought and the potential to transcend itself and transcend the plane of physical matter.
 
Cypress said:
Materialism posits that reality is entirely composed of matter. According to this perspective, everything that exists is physical, and all processes, including mental states and consciousness, arise from material interactions.

Physicalism is the view that "everything is physical", that there is "nothing over and above" the physical.

Scientism is a philosophical worldview that asserts that all knowledge about the universe can be obtained solely through scientific inquiry, particularly through the scientific method, which emphasizes empirical evidence and repeatable experiments.


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what do you mean by reality?

materialists accept that matter is composed of energy, tightly woven or something along those lines.

scientism is trying to make scientists into the leaders of society, and denying the moral and the spiritual.

you're slightly off kilter but i think this could be a good thread.
 
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