Questions tagged [eliminative-materialism]
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Eliminative materialism eliminates itself - a familiar idea?
Years ago I concluded that eliminative materialism was self-refuting. It seemed a pretty obvious logical point and I was surprised not to find it 'mainstream' in philosophy books and sources. Then I spotted a few books or quotes in which this point…
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What is "brain state that stands in some kind of successor relationship"?
In his article "Eliminative materialism, cognitive suicide, and begging the question" (Metaphilosophy, Vol. 23, No. 4 (October 1992), pp. 378-392), Victor Reppert says:
The claim that there are no beliefs seems rather an obvious choice as
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