materialism
form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature
eliminative materialism
the claim that people's common-sense understanding of the mind (or folk psychology) is false and that certain classes of mental states that most people believe in do not exist
new materialism
current that deals with the relationship of man to technology, nature and the environment
economic materialism
excessive desire to acquire and consume material goods
French materialism
group of French 18th century philosophers
scientific materialism
form of materialism that developed in the 19th century influenced by evolutionary biology, propounded by Carl Vogt, Ludwig Büchner, Jacob Moleschott, etc.