Physicalism

Physicalism is a philosophical theory holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things. The term was coined by Otto Neurath in a series of early twentieth century essays on the subject, in which he wrote:

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“Some may find comfort in reflecting that the distinction between an eliminative and an explicative physicalism is unreal.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

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