eliminative materialists

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:activePeriod late 20th century
gptkbp:advocatesFor eliminative materialism
gptkbp:argue common-sense understanding of the mind is false
gptkbp:associatedWith neuroscience
philosophy of mind
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:folk_psychology
gptkbp:debatedBy functionalists
property dualists
gptkbp:deny existence of certain mental states
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label eliminative materialists
gptkbp:include gptkb:Paul_Churchland
gptkb:Stephen_Stich
gptkb:Patricia_Churchland
gptkbp:influencedBy philosophy of science
gptkbp:opposedBy dualism
reductive materialism
gptkbp:proposedBy mental concepts like belief and desire may be eliminated
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:folk_psychology
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6