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Dialectical materialism ethical materialism historical materialism matter metaphysical materialism substanceSujets proches
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Christophe Malaterre, « Materialism », HAL-SHS : histoire, philosophie et sociologie des sciences et des techniques, ID : 10670/1.d3mn5f
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In philosophy, materialism is most often taken as a metaphysical thesis according to which everything that exists is matter or results from matter (including life and consciousness); this thesis offers a monist ontology that typically contrasts with idealism, dualism, and vitalism. Materialism also refers to an ethical doctrine according to which the material well-being (including wealth, health or pleasure) is to be sought after. In social sciences, historical materialism is the Marxian thesis that historical and social phenomena are determined by economic facts; it is a particular case of dialectical materialism that construes the universe as a whole within which objects cannot be understood in isolation of one another.