monism

n. the position that reality consists of a single substance, whether this is identified as mind (idealistic monism), matter (natural monism), or God (pantheism). In the context of the mind–body problem, monism is any position (such as neutral monism) that avoids dualism. —monist adj., n. —monistic adj.

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