the doctrine that all phenomena can be described in terms of space and time and that all meaningful statements are either analytic, as in logic and mathematics, or can be reduced to empirically verifiable assertions
See also logical positivism, identity theory
Derived forms
physicalist (ˈphysicalist)
noun, adjective
physicalistic (ˌphysicalˈistic)
adjective
physicalism in American English
(ˈfɪzɪkəlˌɪzəm)
noun
the theory that all referential terms in scientific or meaningful statements are reducible to terms connected with physical objects or events, or with their properties