How does William James define medical materialism? William James defines medical materialism as psychological experiences coming from the mind then affecting the body. It takes away the spiritualism within people and replaces it with science and gives a cause for every action. It also seems to degrade the spiritual aspects of religious experiences by defining it with scientific facts. I would not consider William James a medical materialist because he calls it, “a good appellation (…showed first 75 words of 237 total…

…showed last 75 words of 237 total…supporter of the medical materialist since he is degrading it. The distinction between facts and value is important because “facts are tested by logic and proven by experiments”, as William puts it. On the other hand, value is a spiritual judgment that we make by what we observe or experience from teachings. The distinction plays a major role when it comes to knowing the tangible real world outside from the intangible spiritual world within mankind.