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'''Materialism''' is a belief system insisting that existence is limited to what is detectable in some form by the senses—for instance [[matter]], [[light]], and so forth. Materialism denies or downplays the existence of anything not directly detectable by the senses.  For example, materialism denies existence of love, spirituality, intelligent design, and [[God]].

'''Materialism''' is a belief system insisting that existence is limited to what is detectable in some form by the senses—for instance [[matter]], [[light]], and so forth. Materialism denies or downplays the existence of anything not directly detectable by the senses.  For example, materialism denies existence of love, spirituality, intelligent design, and [[God]].  There is a high correlation between materialism and [[atheism]].

Materialism is contrasted with [[faith]], [[substance dualism]] and [[immaterialism]]. Arguments for materialism commonly employ [[ontological]] principles such as [[Occam's Razor]]—as an immaterial realm is wholly superfluous to materialists' understanding of the world, they have no reason to believe it exists.  

Materialism denies that most great intellectual breakthroughs were the result of [[faith]] in the [[unseen]], rather than denial of it.

 

Arguments for materialism commonly employ [[ontological]] fictions such as [[Occam's Razor]], which proposes that an immaterial realm is wholly superfluous to materialists' understanding of the world.  

"Materialism" can also refer to an obsession with material goods.

"Materialism" can also refer to an obsession with material goods.