Eliminativist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A supporter of eliminativism.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Supporting eliminativism, the materialist position which holds that folk psychology presents a false view of the mind not-comparable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From eliminative + -ist.

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folk psychology

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