Does it matter to define what is matter? A primer for materialists and beyond

Abstract

The definition of what is the matter is fundamental not only for those supporting a materialist point of view of reality including our mental experiences, but also for those who support an alternative view. Starting from a brief historical overview of the ideas of what is the matter up to the more recent scientific theoretical and empirical contributions to this definition, we will show that the foundations of Materialism and Realism are falsified and must be replaced by an alternative interpretation of reality and, consequently, of who we really are.Western Idealism and Eastern Adavaita-Vedanta fits well with the modern evidence of what is the matter ad suggest Consciousness as the basic stuff of all that exists