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Similar to late‑stage materialism but with an emphasis on the laws of physics as the ultimate arbiters of reality. Late‑stage physicalism denies the reality of anything not expressible in physical terms: mental states, social facts, moral properties, even mathematical truth if it cannot be grounded in physics. It often leads to eliminativism about everything except fundamental particles and fields. This position is self‑undermining, as physicalism itself cannot be stated in purely physical terms, and its proponents ignore the actual practice of science, which uses non‑physical concepts constantly.
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