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monism Definition

mo·nism (niz′əm, mäniz′əm)

noun

  1. the doctrine that there is only one ultimate substance or principle, whether mind (idealism), matter (materialism), or some third thing that is the basis of both
  2. the doctrine that reality is an organic whole without independent parts

Etymology: ModL monismus < Gr monos, single: see mono-

monism Related Forms
mo·nist noun mo·nis·tic adjective or mo·nis·ti·cal mo·nis·ti·cally adverb
monism Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • anomalous: Is Davidson's anomalous monism a form of epiphenomenalism?
  • reflexive: Velmans, M ( 2006 ) How experienced phenomena relate to things themselves: Kant, Husserl, Hoche, and Reflexive Monism.
  • methodological: A methodological monism of empirical science assumes that everything is essentially matter.

Noun used with modifier

  • substance: Substance monism need not have any implications concerning God or an Absolute in either a theistic or pantheistic sense.
  • materialist: Using this argument it is possible to take a materialist stance whilst rejecting the implication of materialist monism that our minds are purely reactive.

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