Eliminative materialism
Eliminative materialism
Real World
Paul Churchland argued that just as science replaced 'caloric fluid' with thermodynamics, future neuroscience will replace talk of 'believing' or 'wanting' with precise descriptions of neural firing patterns — your decision to buy a coffee will one day be described entirely in terms of dopamine and prefrontal cortex activation.
Exam Focus
When asked to 'evaluate' eliminative materialism, always contrast it with type-identity theory and assess whether folk psychology really is as flawed as Churchland claims.
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