PHI 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Patricia Churchland, Wilfrid Sellars, Eliminative Materialism
9 May 2016
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It is a radical version of physicalims (materialism) Its claim is simple and bold namely that we do not have minds. James cornamnan coined the term in a 1968 article entitle on the elimination of sensations and sensations . Wilfred sellars: our conception of mentality may be derived not from direct access to the innerworkings of our minds but instead from a primitive theoretical framework that we inherite from our culture. Quine: endordes the idea that mental notions like belief desire or sensation could simplu ne abandoned in favour of a more accurate . Paul feyerbend: he explicity endorsed the idea that common-sense psychology might prove to be radically false. Rorty: he openly endorses the conception of eliminative . Much of this attention has been fostered by the husband wife team paul and patricia churchland, whose writings have forces many philosophers and sognitive scientist to take eliminativism more seriously.
