noun
- the philosophical doctrine that material things do not exist independently of being perceived
Usage: philosophy
Examples
- Berkeley’s immaterialism argued that physical objects exist only as ideas in minds.
- The philosopher defended immaterialism against critics who insisted on the reality of matter.
- Students struggled to understand how immaterialism could explain the apparent consistency of the physical world.
- Immaterialism challenges our common-sense belief in the independent existence of material objects.
- The debate between materialism and immaterialism has persisted for centuries in philosophy.
- According to immaterialism, what we call matter is merely a collection of sensory experiences.