speculative materialism

noun

A form of new materialism that eliminates constructivism and creates a new materialist view of a world whose material objects are no longer considered as passive, but an aggregation or assembly of pluralities.

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Meanings

nounspeculative materialism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA form of new materialism that eliminates constructivism and creates a new materialist view of a world whose material objects are no longer considered as passive, but an aggregation or assembly of pluralities.
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