The view that only the material world (matter) is truly real, and that all processes and realities observed in the universe can be explained by reducing them down to their most basic scientific ...

[1] Writing on the eve of World War I, Lenin provided this concise explanation of the philosophical standpoint of Marxism: Marx deepened and developed philosophical materialism to the full ...

For this reason, the word "physicalism" is often used interchangeably with the word "materialism." Both terms hold that the real world consists only of matter and energy, and that all organic and ...