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“materialism” has a more specific meaning in philosophy jargon. iirc it is something like: matter is fundamental and everything arises from it (including things

“materialism” has a more specific meaning in philosophy jargon. iirc it is something like: matter is fundamental and everything arises from it (including things like consciousness), without requiring any metaphysical component (heaven, gods, etc).

marzell 7y ago
hmm ok so it seems similar to essentialism v existentialism.
blumomo 7y ago
Just to state a counter hypothesis: there are people, such as the scientist Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Peter Dürr who claim that actually first there was the mind and only then matter followed.