Worldview: Eliminative Materialism (ELIM)
Canonical source
00_Canonical/World Views/Eliminative_Materialism.md- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/materialism-eliminative/
Extracted theses (commitments)
- ELIM-1 (Philosophy of mind): Common-sense “mental processes/states” may not exist as folk psychology conceives them. E-032
- ELIM-2 (Semantics): Some mental state terms may turn out to be empty (they refer to nothing that exists). E-033
- ELIM-3 (Method): Folk psychology posits mental states to explain behavior; eliminativism treats this framework as a theory candidate that can be replaced/eliminated. E-034
Notes for prosecution
- Dispute-control terms: D-028 Eliminative Materialism; often overlaps with D-025 Physicalism (Materialism).