I’ve run into problems with “naturalist” with people thinking that it means I support organic farming, or alternative medicine, or similar things that tend to get marketed with the adjective “natural”.
I’ve had better luck with “materialist”, though that also has some pop-culture implications that I’m not trying to express.
Yeah, I avoid “materialist” for that reason. I usually go with “physicalist” for that sort of thing (or “reductionist” if I’m talking to someone who I think won’t immediately misinterpret it).
I’ve run into problems with “naturalist” with people thinking that it means I support organic farming, or alternative medicine, or similar things that tend to get marketed with the adjective “natural”.
I’ve had better luck with “materialist”, though that also has some pop-culture implications that I’m not trying to express.
Yeah, I avoid “materialist” for that reason. I usually go with “physicalist” for that sort of thing (or “reductionist” if I’m talking to someone who I think won’t immediately misinterpret it).
Yeah, “physicalist” is good, I may have to start using that.