Materialism
Matter over mind
Materialism has two main senses.
In philosophy, it's the view that only physical matter exists—that consciousness, thought, and experience ultimately reduce to material processes.
In everyday use, materialism is excessive concern with acquiring possessions and physical comforts rather than spiritual or intellectual pursuits: The holiday season brings out the worst of American materialism.
A materialist holds either view; materialistic usually carries the negative everyday sense.
All is matter
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- monismSingle-substance metaphysics
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- reductionismExplaining wholes through parts
empiricism · atheism · secularism · mechanism · objectivism · Democritus · Epicurus · Marx
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- possessionsThings one owns
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
commodification · capitalism · hedonism · accumulation · superficiality · status · excess · extravagance
German economic philosopher
- dialecticalRelating to logical debate
- historicalOf documented times
- classGrouping by shared traits
- productionMaking or generating something
labor · capital · bourgeoisie · proletariat · commodities · exploitation · alienation · Engels
Paid promotional communication
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- fast-fashionCheap, trend-driven apparel industry
- McMansionOstentatious mass-produced dwelling
- blingShowy expensive jewelry
designer · logo · influencer · lifestyle · aspirational · mass-production · Instagram · flex
physicalism
All is matter
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- monismSingle-substance metaphysics
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
reductionism · empiricism · atheism · secularism · mechanism · objectivism · Democritus · Epicurus · Marx · Hobbes
consumerism
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- possessionsThings one owns
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
greed · commodification · capitalism · hedonism · accumulation · superficiality · status · excess · extravagance · shopping
Marx
German economic philosopher
- dialecticalRelating to logical debate
- historicalOf documented times
- classGrouping by shared traits
production · labor · capital · bourgeoisie · proletariat · commodities · exploitation · alienation · Engels · socialism
advertising
Paid promotional communication
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- fast-fashionCheap, trend-driven apparel industry
- McMansionOstentatious mass-produced dwelling
bling · designer · logo · influencer · lifestyle · aspirational · mass-production · Instagram · flex
- Slavic ThoughtRussian soul, Frank, Bakhtin, Pan-Slavism, Russian Orthodoxy
Materialismidealism
Belief in noble principles
spiritualism · dualism · immaterialism · mentalism · Platonism
Materialismspirituality
Connection to the sacred
asceticism · anti-materialism · minimalism · anti-consumerism · otherworldliness
Materialismidealism
Belief in noble principles
utopianism · romanticism · humanism · communitarianism · gift economy
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