What do both idealism and materialism mean? popular .

In layman's terms, idealism is to believe only what is in the heart, and has nothing to do with the objective world. For example, a pile of cow, as long as you think in your heart that it is a big cake, it is a cake;

Materialism is what you see with your eyes, no matter what you think in your heart. For example, what a cow pulls must be cow, no matter what you imagine it to be, it's still cow.

Idealism and materialism are both fundamental philosophical views, and they exhibit fundamental opposites when it comes to fundamental philosophical issues.

Idealism holds that spirit or consciousness is the origin of the world, and matter is the product of spirit. It emphasizes the dominance of human consciousness and spirit in the world of knowledge, and denies the decisive role of matter in spirit. In the view of idealism, the essence of the world is spiritual, the spirit is primary, and matter only exists as a manifestation or derivative of the spirit.

Materialism, on the other hand, insists that matter is the origin of the world and that spirit is derived from matter. It believes that the objective material world exists independently of human consciousness, and human consciousness, psychology, and emotions are determined by the material world. In the question of the nature of the world, materialism regards matter as the first, basic and decisive element, believing that only matter is real, and spirit is the product or reflection of matter.

In layman's terms, idealism believes that "everything comes true", that is, consciousness can determine matter; Materialism, on the other hand, holds that "matter determines everything", that is, matter precedes consciousness.

Idealism is to say that everything in the world is spiritual and thought out.

Materialism means that everything in the world is material, that it is inherently there.

The first problem in philosophy is the question of the relationship between consciousness and being. It is idealism that believes that consciousness determines existence, and it is materialism that believes that existence determines consciousness. In fact, the crux of the matter is whether people can truly understand the body of things.

It is generally believed that the phenomena perceived by the human senses are only a manifestation of the consciousness of the object itself. Objective idealism, on the other hand, creates a "god" outside of oneself as the basis for maintaining the existence of the outside world.

Naïve materialism is somewhat similar to objective idealism, but it is basically based on the existence of matter. Idealism, on the other hand, holds that matter does not exist, and that what exists is your "feeling" – which can be understood as an illusion.

Mechanical materialism and dialectical materialism are hard to say, anyway, they are materialism, and the central idea is to recognize the existence and uniqueness of matter.

Materialism believes that "spirit" is actually matter, such as brain waves, bioelectricity, biomagnetism, and so on. Materialism is the belief that all existence is a real substance, not an "illusion" of man.

The basic meaning of idealism is that on the basic philosophical issue of the relationship between thinking and existence, spirit and matter, it is believed that spirit (consciousness) is the first nature, matter is second, spirit determines matter, and matter is the product of spirit.

Materialism is a finite doctrine that is opposed to infinity (agnosticism) and monotheism. Materialism acknowledges that the world is knowable, but denies the existence of an all-knowing One (God).

The fundamental view of materialism is to recognize that the essence of the world is matter, that there is matter first and then consciousness in the world, that matter determines consciousness, and consciousness is the reflection of matter. Contrary to materialism, the fundamental view of idealism is that the essence of the world is consciousness, and that it is not matter that determines consciousness, but consciousness that determines matter.

The difference between the fundamental viewpoints of materialism and idealism is formed around the question of the relationship between matter and consciousness. The question of the relationship between matter and consciousness is the basic problem of philosophy, and it is not only a problem that all philosophies must encounter, but also a question that all philosophies must first encounter. Which is the primordial principle of matter and consciousness, and who determines whom of matter and consciousness, is the most important aspect of the fundamental question of philosophy, and the nature of different philosophies in this aspect is different.

The basic problem of philosophy is also the basic problem in practical work, and to truly admit that matter is the origin and that matter determines consciousness, that is, we must insist on proceeding from reality in practical work, so that subjectivity conforms to objectivity.