What is "physicalists"

Usage examples of "physicalists".

The question of the causal efficacy of the mind has plagued scientific materialism since the time of Descartes, and neither dualists nor physicalists have provided a compelling solution to this problem.

Since physicalists have been no more successful at explaining the causal interaction between the mind and body than the dualists, the only serious objection to considering the causal efficacy of a nonphysical mind in the physical world is the conservation principle.

Let us assume for the moment that these physicalists are right in asserting that scientists have empirically demonstrated that only physical things and events exist.