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eliminativism

eliminativism noun: the materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.

Noun

eliminativism (uncountable)

  1. The materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.
    • This ontology, however, leads to our second problem: the Overdetermination Argument (OA) for eliminativism.2007 December 8, Patrick Toner, “Emergent substance”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 3, →DOI

Synonyms of eliminativism

Origin of eliminativism

From eliminative + -ism.

Questions about eliminativism

What does eliminativism mean?
Eliminativism means the materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.
What part of speech is eliminativism?
Eliminativism is a noun.

Words near eliminativism in the dictionary

  1. eliminations
  2. eliminative
  3. eliminative behaviorism
  4. eliminative behaviourism
  5. eliminative materialism
  6. eliminativism
  7. eliminativist
  8. eliminativistic
  9. eliminativists
  10. eliminator
  11. eliminators

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