The philosophical view that reality is material or physical.
Materialism is therefore a form of monism .
Materialism is rarely argued for directly, and is usually taken to be borne out by the success of the physical sciences. Hobbes may be cited as a modern proponent of materialism. Dialectical Materialism Penguin Dictionary of Sociology 2. Monism Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought 3. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy 5.