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Monism

The view that reality is ultimately one, whether one substance, one kind of thing or one principle.

Philosophy and the study of mysticism

Monism stands against dualism and pluralism. It takes many forms: material monism, idealist monism, Spinoza’s one substance, the neutral monism of William James and Bertrand Russell. Advaita Vedānta is often called monistic, though its own word is non-dual, which denies a second without asserting a countable one.