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Eliminative materialism

Eliminative materialism is a philosophical view that argues our common-sense understanding of the mind—like thoughts, beliefs, and desires—is fundamentally flawed and should be discarded. Advocates believe that as science advances, better explanations of mental processes will emerge, revealing that these everyday concepts don't correspond to physical brain functions. Instead of relying on traditional notions of "mental states," eliminative materialists argue for a strictly physicalist approach, suggesting that what we think of as the mind will be fully explained by neuroscience, leading to a more accurate understanding of human experience.