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eliminativist

eliminativist adjective: supporting eliminativism, the materialist position which holds that folk psychology presents a false view of the mind.

Adjective

eliminativist (not comparable)

  1. Supporting eliminativism, the materialist position which holds that folk psychology presents a false view of the mind
    • Option (ii) has two variants: (iia) conclude that the concepts conscious state and conscious creature fail to refer, adopting an eliminativist position; and (iib) claim that future, correct versions of the concepts will be vague.2007 November 24, Michael V. Antony, “Are Our Concepts”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 239–263

Noun

eliminativist (plural eliminativists)

  1. A supporter of eliminativism.

Forms of eliminativist

pluraleliminativists

Origin of eliminativist

From eliminative + -ist.

Questions about eliminativist

What does eliminativist mean?
Eliminativist means supporting eliminativism, the materialist position which holds that folk psychology presents a false view of the mind.
What part of speech is eliminativist?
Eliminativist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near eliminativist in the dictionary

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

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