scientific materialismとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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scientific materialism (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 scientific materialisms)

1. (philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists or occurs that does not have a scientific explanation, even if that scientific explanation is not yet known.
   • 2000, Mariano Artigas, The Mind of the Universe, Templeton Foundation Press, →ISBN, page 55:

     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.