> I wonder how you would define "atomic materialism", especially as opposed to mere "materialism"? Thanks for noting this distinction. Come to think of it and

> I wonder how you would define "atomic materialism", especially as opposed to mere "materialism"? Thanks for noting this distinction. Come to think of it and in light of what you wrote re physicalism, I would think that I want to distinguish the two kinds of materialism. The one is a vague and general notion (“everything is physical”) and the other is a well-defined view of the world. According to this view, there exists absolutely indivisible units called atoms and empty space where these atoms move. I think "atomic materialism" emphasizes that we are talking about a world made of indivisible atoms. I think the other view does not take indivisibility as a strict requirement.