substantialism

[ suhb-stan-shuh-liz-uhm ]

noun

, Philosophy.

1. the doctrine that substantial noumena exist as a basis for phenomena.

substantialism

/ səbˈstænʃəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. the doctrine that a substantial reality underlies phenomena
2. the doctrine that matter is a real substance

Derived Forms

• subˈstantialist, noun

Other Words From

• sub·stantial·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of substantialism¹

First recorded in 1880–85; substantial + -ism

Example Sentences

Agnostic substantialism like that of Mr. Spencer, whose Unknowable is not merely the unfathomable but the absolute-irrational, on which, if consistently represented in thought, it is of course impossible to count, performs the same function of rebuking a certain stagnancy and smugness in the manner in which the ordinary philistine feels his security.

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In general, phenomenism is opposed to substantialism, and it is supposed that those who do not accept the former doctrine must accept the latter, while, on the contrary, those who reject substantialism must be phenomenists.

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We know that it is in this manner that Berkeley conquered corporeal substantialism and taught phenomenism; while Hume, more radical than he, went so far as to question the substantialism of mind.

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Thus we are neither adherents of phenomenism, nor of substantialism.

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