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Philosophy of mind

the claim that everyday belief-desire psychology is a false theory whose posits will be discarded rather than reduced by mature neuroscience.

In philosophy of mind, eliminative materialism refers to the claim that everyday belief-desire psychology is a false theory whose posits will be discarded rather than reduced by mature neuroscience. This meaning comes from Churchland (1981) in The Journal of Philosophy.[1]

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Churchland, P. M. (1981). Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes. The Journal of Philosophy, 78(2), 67. https://doi.org/10.2307/2025900

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