Also see OCP . Belief that only physical things truly exist . Prominent materialists in Western thought include the classical atomists , Hobbes , and La Mettrie . Also see OCP , ISM , David J. Chalmers , BGHT , John Beloff , Robert Bass , and DPM . Hence, for many philosophers of the Western tradition, material objects are substances that have the attribute of extension .
Idealists deny the reality of any such stuff, while materialists deny that there is anything else.
Also see OCP and BGHT . Thus, when success in any venture is uncertain, it is better to choose courses of action that risk the least, even if they don't offer a chance at the most. Rawls argued that this maximization of the minimum gain to be achieved is a rational guide for social decision-making. Also see Lyle Zynda , OCP , Robert Johnson , and Jon Elster .