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Meaning of scientific materialism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The philosophical belief that nothing exists or occurs that does not have a scientific explanation, even if that scientific explanation is not yet known.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“That the analysis of scientific progress provides us with clues which are interesting from the humanistic point of view is the central idea of many antimetaphysical and antireligious doctrines such as positivism, neopositivism, scientific materialism, and the different versions of scientific naturalism widespread in the contemporary intellectual arena.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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