Materialism is the ontological position that matter – or, in modern parlance, the physical – is the foundation of reality, and that mental phenomena must therefore depend on, or be explainable through, physical processes. “Physicalism” is often used as the newer, broader term. The position is not the same as greed or consumer materialism.
Source: ChatGPT 5.6 Sol, Sunday, August 23, 2026, 4:17 a.m.