materialist

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Christof Koch, a leading consciousness researcher and primary source in Pollan’s book, began his career as a strict materialist, believing everything could be explained using the standard scientific worldview.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The empirical challenge to the materialist position from terminal lucidity implies that consciousness can exist independently of the brain but isn’t necessarily “evidence for the human soul.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Rastafari reject materialist values and often practice a strict oneness with nature.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

In 1967, Mr. Celant noticed that some members of the postwar generation of young artists were using humor, provocation and unconventional materials to rebel against both older artistic orthodoxies and materialist pop culture.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2023

You do not, I would add, need to be an historical materialist to see that historians need to think about change, development, origins.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton