You mean there's such a thing as a non/(im) materialist philosophy? That, I
believe, would be an oxymoron. Nevertheless, it hasn't stopped people from
going hard at it, so to speak, for some thousands of years.
I think such a thing would be better described as a metaphysics, theology,
theosophy, or some such. But once even these beasties enter into the social
(I'm pretending they might possibly have originated elsewhere [utopia
perhaps?]), it enters into the material via the material with material
effects, processes, and so on.
Thanks for the thought-provoking words J & D.
Phil
Phil Graham
p.graham who-is-at qut.edu.au
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html
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