3. Materialism
Holds that the only thing that can be
truly proven to exist is matter.
Everything is composed of material and
all phenomena are the result of material
interactions.
Matter is the ONLY substance.
4. Materialism vs. Idealism
What does reality consist of and how
does it originate?
Materialism: Matter > Mind
Idealism: Matter < Mind
5. Materialism vs. Idealism
Matter is
primary,
spirit or
mind is
secondary.
Spirit or
mind is
primary,
matter is
secondary.
6. History of Materialism
600 B.C. – the
Carvaka school of Ancient
Indian philosophy
developed a theory of
Materialism.
8. History of Materialism
LUCRETIUS
• De Rerum Natura (The
Nature of Things)
• First masterpiece of
materialist literature.
• 50 B.C.
9. History of Materialism
Pierre Gassendi, Denis Diderot, Thomas Hobbes revived
materialism in the 17th Century.
10. History of Materialism
BARON PAUL D’HOLBACH
• La Systeme de la Nature
(The System of Nature)
• France, 1770
• Second masterpiece of
materialist literature.
12. Relation of Materialism to Guidance and
Counseling
In guidance and counseling, after the counselor
has given you some interventions, it is not just
important to say that you already learned. It is
also important to genuinely manifest the
modifications in your behavior after going
through several sessions of guidance and
counseling. The manifestation of the modified
behavior itself is the material or physical proof
that gradual changes are to take place or have
taken place.
