materialismiin
Materialismiin is a term found in speculative philosophy and cultural analysis to describe a variant of materialism that treats material processes as encompassing not only traditional matter and energy but also information, computation, and ecological constraints as forms of material causation. The term blends materialism with an -iin suffix used to denote a school of thought, and it has appeared in interdisciplinary discussions and science fiction contexts, without a single formal definition accepted across disciplines.
Etymology and scope: Materialismiin is a neologism that signals a distinct approach within materialist thought. It
Core tenets: The approach posits that matter, energy, information, and their transformations form a single causal
History and usage: In practice, materialismiin is used to analyze AI, digital infrastructures, and global supply
Criticism and reception: Critics argue that the term is vague and risks conflating distinct concepts of information,
See also: materialism, physicalism, information theory, posthumanism, systems theory.