Problem
Materialism
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Nature:
Materialists deny the reality of anything existing that does not have mass (matter) or that cannot be expressed or applied as an energy. Thus the exhibited energy of mind, presently only partly measured by brain activity, is believed, in the materialist faith, to result from complicated chemical, electro-chemical, or electro-magnetic processes. There is no soul beyond energy and matter. There cannot be any purpose that invisibly guides history, as history is only the result of interactions of masses of men and masses of material things. There cannot be free will, as human thoughts and wishes can only operate within the material conditions and limitations of life. Materialism vigorously opposes religious philosophies, institutions, and influences.
Incidence:
Recent influential materialist philosophies have included C Lloyd Morgan's theory of emergent evolution, Karl Marx's dialectical materialism, and J. B. Watson's behaviourism.
Broader Problems:
AtheismErroneous doctrinesIdeological conflict Narrower Problems:
ConsumerismCommodity fetishismMedical materialismCultural materialismMedia reinforcement of materialismMisuse of evolutionary theories Related Problems:
HumanismCapitalism Aggravates:
Bad tasteAmoralismAccumulationAnti-scienceDependence on religionProliferation of commercialismDisobedience of the will of GodDistraction by the material world Strategies:
Shifting from materials-intensive growth in developed countriesPromoting materialismRejecting materialism Values:
Materialism References:
Armstrong, D A: A Materialist Theory of the MindPapal Encyclical: Dominum et Vivificantem: Lord and Giver of Life Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
23.11.2017 – 20:30 CET