IMMATERIALISM

Etymology

Noun

immaterialism (countable and uncountable, plural immaterialisms)

(philosophy) The metaphysical denial of the existence of the material world

Source: Wiktionary


Im`ma*te"ri*al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. immatérialisme.]

1. The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.

2. (Philos.)

Definition: The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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