Look up: monism

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   monism
   [n] - the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element
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   monism
   In philosophy, the theory that reality is made up of only one substance. This view is usually contrasted with dualism, which divides reality into two substances, matter and mind. The Dutch...
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   Monism
   Mon'ism noun The doctrine that the universe is an organized unitary being or total self-inclusive structure. « Monism means that the whole of reality, i.e., everything that is, constitutes one inseparable and indivisible entirety. Monism accordingly is a unitary conception of the world. It always bears in mind that our words are abstracts representing parts or features of the One a ...
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   Monism
   Mon'ism (mŏn'ĭz'm or mō'nĭz'm) noun [ From Greek mo`nos single.] 1. (Metaph.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism . » The doctrine has been held in three generic forms: matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind, involving an ...
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   monism
   1. <psychology> That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; the opposite of dualism. ... The doctrine has been held in three generic forms: matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind, involving an idealistic monism; or mind has been explained by and resolved into matter, givin ...
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   monism
   noun the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element
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   Monism
   `Monism` is the metaphysical and theological view that all is one, that there are no fundamental divisions, and a unified set of laws underlie nature. Monism is to be distinguished from dualism, which holds that ultimately there are two kinds of substance, and from pluralism, which holds that ultimately there are many kinds of substance. Monism is often erroneously seen in relation to pantheism, panentheism, and an immanent God. The concepts o...
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   Monism
   • (n.) See Monogenesis, 1. • (n.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism. • (n.) The doctrine that the universe is an organized unitary being or total self-inclusive structure.
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   monism
   (from the article `pluralism and monism`) philosophical theories that answer `many` and `one,` respectively, to the distinct questions: how many kinds of things are there? and how many ... [22 related articles]
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    monism
    (from the article `international law`) ...municipal law as distinct and independent systems. Conversely, advocates of natural law maintain that municipal and international law form a ...
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    monism
    Any philosophical system asserting the essential unity of things – that all things are material (see materialism, or mind (see idealism), or of some other essence. Monism is contrasted with the various kinds of dualism.
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    monism
    Exclusive emphasis on a single principle or interest.
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    monism
    monism (mō'nizum) [Gr.,=belief in one], in metaphysics, term introduced in the 18th cent. by Christian von Wolff for any theory that explains all phenomena by one unifying principle or as manifestations of a single substance. Monistic theorists differ considerably in their choice of a basi...
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    Monism
    (Gr. mones, single) (a) Metaphysical: The view that there is but one fundamental Reality; first used by Wolff. (A Universe.) Sometimes spoken of as Singularism. The classical ancient protagonist of an extreme monism is Parmenides of Elea; a modern exponent is Spinoza. Christian Science is an example of a popular contemporary religion built on an e...
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