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Eliminativism meaning

The materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.

Using Eliminativism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.

Context around Eliminativism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

justify 1×

Sentence patterns with Eliminativism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

eliminativism is the 1× to justify eliminativism and reductionism 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

eliminativism is the 1× in a similar 1×

Common sentence endings:

a completed neuroscience 1× philosophy of mind 1×

Words around Eliminativism

Just before it in the word index:

eliminative 5 eliminations 50 eliminationists 2 eliminationist 2 elimination 970 eliminating 963

Just after it in the word index:

eliminator 35 eliminators 2 elims 2 elin 33 elina 26 eline 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Eliminativism

  • In this selection, "eliminativism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, justify stand out and add context to how "eliminativism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include eliminativism is the and to justify eliminativism and reductionism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "eliminativism" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with eliminativism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In a similar way, Dale Jacquette (1994) stated that Occam's razor has been used in attempts to justify eliminativism and reductionism in the philosophy of mind. (27 words)

Eliminativism is the thesis that the ontology of folk psychology including such entities as "pain", "joy", "desire", "fear", etc., are eliminable in favor of an ontology of a completed neuroscience. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

Eliminativism is the thesis that the ontology of folk psychology including such entities as "pain", "joy", "desire", "fear", etc., are eliminable in favor of an ontology of a completed neuroscience. (30 words)

In a similar way, Dale Jacquette (1994) stated that Occam's razor has been used in attempts to justify eliminativism and reductionism in the philosophy of mind. (27 words)

Example sentences (2)

Eliminativism is the thesis that the ontology of folk psychology including such entities as "pain", "joy", "desire", "fear", etc., are eliminable in favor of an ontology of a completed neuroscience.

In a similar way, Dale Jacquette (1994) stated that Occam's razor has been used in attempts to justify eliminativism and reductionism in the philosophy of mind.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "eliminativism" in a sentence?
An example: "Eliminativism is the thesis that the ontology of folk psychology including such entities as "pain", "joy", "desire", "fear", etc., are eliminable in favor of an ontology of a completed neuroscience." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "eliminativism" from authentic English texts.
What does "eliminativism" mean?
Eliminativism means: The materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.
How many example sentences with "eliminativism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "eliminativism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.