Definition
immaterialisms
noun
- Plural of immaterialism; philosophical doctrines or systems that deny the existence of matter or hold that reality is fundamentally non-physical or spiritual.
Usage: philosophy; formal; academic
Examples
- Various immaterialisms have emerged throughout the history of Western philosophy.
- Berkeley's immaterialism challenged the assumption that physical matter exists independently of perception.
- The philosopher argued that different immaterialisms offer distinct solutions to the mind-body problem.
- Immaterialisms reject the materialist view that only physical substances are real.
- Students of metaphysics often study immaterialisms alongside competing materialist theories.