monism (mō`nĭzəm) [Gr.,=belief in one], in metaphysics, term introduced in the 18th cent. by Christian von Wolff Wolff or Wolf, Christian von (krĭs`tyän fən vôlf)
..... Click the link for more information. for any theory that explains all phenomena by one unifying principle or as manifestations of a single substance. Monistic theorists differ considerably in their choice of a basis of unification. It may be material, as with Ernst Haeckel Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich (ĕrnst hīn`rĭkh hĕ`kəl), 1834–1919, German biologist and philosopher.
..... Click the link for more information. , who took the substance, or energy, as the only reality. It may be spiritual, as with G. W. Hegel Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (gā`ôrkh vĭl`hĕlm frē`drĭkh hā`gəl)
..... Click the link for more information. , to whom mind, or spirit, is the reality by which all is to be explained. Or, as in Spinoza Spinoza, Baruch or Benedict (spinō`zə)
..... Click the link for more information. , it may be a substance, or Deity, of which body and mind are attributes that are held in equipoise. The opposites of monism are dualism dualism, any philosophical system that seeks to explain all phenomena in terms of two distinct and irreducible principles. It is opposed to monism and pluralism. In Plato 's philosophy there is an ultimate dualism of being and becoming, of ideas and matter.
..... Click the link for more information. and pluralism pluralism, in philosophy, theory that considers the universe explicable in terms of many principles or composed of many ultimate substances. It describes no particular system and may be embodied in such opposed philosophical concepts as materialism and idealism .
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monism

In metaphysics, the doctrine that the world is essentially one substance or contains only one kind of substance. Monism is opposed both to dualism and to pluralism. Examples of monism include materialism, pantheism, and metaphysical idealism. See also Benedict de Spinoza.

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