Monism attributes oneness or singleness to a concept e.g., existence. Various kinds of monism can be distinguished: Priority monism states that all existing things go back to a source that is distinct from them; e.g., in Neoplatonism everything is derived from The One.

What is meant by monist?

1a : a view that there is only one kind of ultimate substance. b : the view that reality is one unitary organic whole with no independent parts. 2 : monogenesis. 3 : a viewpoint or theory that reduces all phenomena to one principle.

What does monist mean in philosophy?

monism in British English

(ˈmɒnɪzəm ) noun. philosophy. the doctrine that the person consists of only a single substance, or that there is no crucial difference between mental and physical events or properties. Compare dualism (sense 2), See also materialism (sense 2), idealism (sense 3)