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• materialists — ma te·ri·al·ist || mÉ™ tɪrɪəlɪst / tɪər n. one who is preoccupied with material matters, one who believes that physical comfort is the highest value, person who supports philosophical materialism adj. of or pertaining to philosophical… …   English contemporary dictionary

• Materialism — Not to be confused with Materialistic. For the prioritization of resources, see economic materialism. For the Marxist analysis, see dialectical materialism. For consumerism, see consumerism. For materialist perspective on social development, see… …   Wikipedia

• materialism — /meuh tear ee euh liz euhm/, n. 1. preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values. 2. the philosophical theory that regards… …   Universalium

• postmaterialism — ▪ philosophy       value orientation that emphasizes self expression and quality of life over economic and physical security. The term postmaterialism was first coined by American social scientist Ronald Inglehart in The Silent Revolution:… …   Universalium

• Materialism — • As the word itself signifies, Materialism is a philosophical system which regards matter as the only reality in the world, which undertakes to explain every event in the universe as resulting from the conditions and activity of matter, and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Cultural materialism (cultural studies) — Cultural materialism in literary theory and cultural studies traces its origin to the work of the left wing literary critic Raymond Williams. Cultural materialism makes analysis based in critical theory, in the tradition of the Frankfurt School.… …   Wikipedia

• Enlightenment II (The French): deism, morality and politics — The French Enlightenment II: deism, morality and politics Peter Jimack One of the most striking features of the French Enlightenment was its hostility to Christianity, especially as represented by the Catholic Church, a hostility which went far… …   History of philosophy

• Consensus reality — is an approach to answering the philosophical question What is real? It gives a practical answer: reality is either what exists, or what we can agree seems to exist. The process has been (perhaps loosely and a bit imprecisely) characterised as… …   Wikipedia

• Biology (Philosophy of) in the nineteenth century — Philosophy of biology in the nineteenth century Jagdish Hattiangadi THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY The emergence of biology as a unified subject Students of history and of biology share a common delight: as they study the details of any subject, they… …   History of philosophy

• Folk psychology — (also known as common sense psychology, naïve psychology or vernacular psychology) is the set of assumptions, constructs, and convictions that makes up the everyday language in which people discuss human psychology. Folk psychology embraces… …   Wikipedia

• Post-materialism — The theory of Post materialism assumes an ongoing transformation of individuals and society which liberates them gradually from the stress of basic acquisitive or materialistic needs. In the first place, the term post materialism and the related… …   Wikipedia