10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM»
Discover the use of
eliminative materialism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
eliminative materialism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Philosophical Problems and Arguments: An Introduction
Three major arguments have been thought to provide good reasons for adopting
eliminative materialism. The first, known as analytical or logical behaviorism,
attempts to establish eliminative materialism by analyzing the meanings of ...
James W. Cornman, Keith Lehrer, George Sotiros Pappas,
1992
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Eliminative Materialism and the Distinction Between Common ...
Section II--Eliminative Materialism (Premise One) It is customary to start from the
beginning, so it is worth noting that the person that coined the term eliminative
materialism or eliminativist is Cornman5 who, after introducing the term, swiftly ...
3
Folk Psychology and the Philosophy of Mind
Moreover, the history of folk theories, as we mentioned before, provides a prima
facie reason for the acceptance of eliminative materialism. Folk theories have,
one after another, been consistently replaced by more mature scientific theories.
Scott M. Christensen, Dale R. Turner,
2013
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The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences
Eliminative materialism, or "eliminativism" as it is sometimes called, is the claim
that one or another kind of mental state invoked in commonsense psychology
does not really exist. Eliminativists suggest that the mental states in question are
...
Robert Andrew Wilson, Frank C. Keil,
2001
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Matter and Consciousness
An updated edition of an authoritative text showing the relevance for philosophy of mind of theoretical and experimental results in the natural sciences.
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The Philosophy of Science
Eliminative materialism is the thesis that our commonsense conception of
psychological phenomena constitutes a radically false theory, a theory so
fundamentally defective that both the principles and the ontology of that theory
will eventually ...
Richard Boyd, Philip Gasper, J. D. Trout,
1991
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Mind, Brain, Behavior: The Mind-body Problem and the ...
4 What is Mind-Body Identity? Mind-Body Identity and Eliminative Materialism.
Martin Carrier, Jürgen Mittelstrass,
1995
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Introducing Philosophy Through Film: Key Texts, Discussion, ...
Paul M. Churchland, “Eliminative Materialism,” from Matter and Consciousness: A
Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind, rev. edn. (Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press, 1994), pp. 43–9. © 1988 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Richard A. Fumerton, Richard Fumerton, Diane Jeske,
2009
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Philosophy and Conceptual History of Science in Taiwan
ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM AND CONNECTIONISM I. INTRODUCTION
Eliminative materialism, basically speaking, is the doctrine that the entities typed
by folk psychological categories, such as belief and desire, are to be eliminated
from ...
Zhenghong Lin, Cheng-Hun Lin, Daiwie Fu,
1993
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Mindscapes: Philosophy, Science, and the Mind
And— make no mistake——any argument for Eliminative Materialism is going to
rest on at least one purely philosophical premise.)7 (F4) “Cognitive suicide”
arguments to the effect that Eliminative Materialism is somehow self-defeating or
...
Martin Carrier, Peter Machamer,
1997
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM»
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eliminative materialism is used in the context of the following news items.
Aristotle on the Immateriality of Intellect and Will
This view -- eliminative materialism -- is regnant in materialist circles. Suffice to say that eliminative materialism is the drain around which all ... «Discovery Institute, Jan 15»
Understanding Memories: Lovely Metaphors Belong in Songs, Not …
If he believes the second, he adheres to eliminative materialism. Myers doesn't make it clear which theory he accepts. One doubts that he ... «Discovery Institute, Dec 14»
Ross Douthat | 'True Detective,' 'Lost' and the Problem of Endings
... detective in part because I think he has a better handle on the implications of eliminative materialism than some of my recent interlocutors.). «New York Times, Mar 14»
Of New Atheists and Noble Lies
I won't defend this proposition at length here, except to say that if you read Thomas Nagel's critique of eliminative materialism and David ... «New York Times, Jan 14»
Ross Douthat is Wrong About Me (and God)
The theme of his argument is the crucial importance of human agency under eliminative materialism, but if under materialist premises the actual ... «The New Republic, Jan 14»
The Confidence of Jerry Coyne
The theme of his argument is the crucial importance of human agency under eliminative materialism, but if under materialist premises the actual ... «New York Times, Jan 14»
Scientism and Bertrand Russell's Neutral Monism
... materialist theories that try to reduce the mind to the brain or eliminate the mind altogether (eliminative materialism) are fundamental errors. «Discovery Institute, Dec 13»
Shaun Stanley's Critical Response Redux
I think Alex Rosenberg has made good arguments for eliminative materialism based on a consistent mechanistic view of matter (briefly ... «News24, May 12»
Scientia ad Absurdum
He makes a plausible case that if scientism is true, then there is no way to stop short of an across-the-board eliminative materialism: the view ... «First Things, Oct 11»
Pamela Rosenkranz
... common view of psychology must yield to what is known amongst contemporary neuro-psychological thinking as “Eliminative Materialism”. «E-Flux, Mar 10»