"Exclusive materialist atheist"

[Robin]

Can't vote - I won't participate in something related to or inspired by plumjam.

You just did.

 

[Robin]

-What is "material" and what does it consist of?

The question is only relevant to classical Materialism. Modern Materialism, since d'Holbach at least, does not define itself in terms of "material".

-In light of your answer to the above question, what does it mean to be a "materialist"?

Well for example d'Holbach begins "Systems of Nature" with:

Man has always deceived himself when he abandoned experience to follow
imaginary systems.--He is the work of nature.--He exists in Nature.--He
is submitted to the laws of Nature.--He cannot deliver himself from
them:--cannot step beyond them even in thought

I have long made a review of various Materialist positions and have concluded that they boil down to:

Materialism :
Any event that is not deterministic is necessarily arbitrary.
Any mental entity is a functional composite of non-mental entities

 

[hammegk]

I have long made a review of various Materialist positions and have concluded that they boil down to:

"Materialism :
Any event that is not deterministic is necessarily arbitrary.
Any mental entity is a functional composite of non-mental entities."

Please see http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103081 for an ongoing discussion on those points.