I'm a materialist, principally because I think the primary question is, What's true in reality? and I'm not aware of any meaningful alternative to materialism.
By 'materialism' I mean (as Smart and Armstrong put it) the idea that the only entities and processes that exist are those recognized by physics from time to time.
And accordingly, by 'reality' I mean the realm of the physical sciences, the sum of things that have objective existence.
The purpose of this thread is to invite those who oppose materialism to set out the reasons for their opposition.
If you reject materialism, why?
By 'materialism' I mean (as Smart and Armstrong put it) the idea that the only entities and processes that exist are those recognized by physics from time to time.
And accordingly, by 'reality' I mean the realm of the physical sciences, the sum of things that have objective existence.
The purpose of this thread is to invite those who oppose materialism to set out the reasons for their opposition.
If you reject materialism, why?