Singularism

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Singularism , often synonymous with " monism ", was occasionally v. a. Used in older philosophical-historical presentations to characterize metaphysical theories that are based only on a single principle - instead of two ( dualism ) or several ( pluralism ). For example, a metaphysics that only accepts material objects ( materialism ) or only spiritual objects as fundamental ( idealism ) can be described as a variant of a singularism.

Individual evidence

  1. See e.g. B. Alexander Ulfig: Lexicon of philosophical terms . Wiesbaden: Fourier Verlag 1997, p. 378; Franz Austeda: Dictionary of Philosophy . 3. verb. Aufl. Munich: Humboldt Taschenbücher, undated, p. 222 and 163. Rudolf Eisler : Dictionary of Philosophical Terms , Berlin 1904, Volume 2, p. 361. Oswald Külpe : Introduction to Philosophy , Stuttgart, S. Hirzel 2 A. 1903, p. 163ff .: the oldest metaphysical direction in the West ( digital copies ).