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Comment author: Lumifer 01 December 2015 07:53:34PM *  1 point [-]

...used to put a lot of value into drinking tea ... but these days physicalism is quite prominent

Are you providing examples for this paper? X-)

Comment author: ChristianKl 01 December 2015 08:17:39PM -1 points [-]

No, I reference a well-defined meaning. Physicalism does happen to be about not seeing the purpose of an object as part of its identity. It does happen to be a strong cultural force.