Scenarios about 'materialism'
The philosophical view that physical matter is the fundamental substance in nature and all phenomena, including consciousness, are results of material interactions. Materialism has influenced historical movements from Epicureanism to Marxism, with the latter's historical materialism proposing that economic systems determine social structures. In alternate history scenarios, materialist perspectives often explore how different economic conditions or technological developments might have altered societal evolution.
What If Epicureanism Became the Dominant Philosophy?
Exploring how Western intellectual, religious, and social development might have unfolded if Epicurean philosophy had become the dominant philosophical tradition rather than being marginalized by Stoicism, Neoplatonism, and Christianity.