What is eliminative materialism?

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Australasian Journal of Philosophy 50 (2):149-59 (1972)
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In 19651 Richard Rorty defended a theory of mind which has since come to be called' eliminative materialism'. The theory has attained some status as a distinct, autonomous brand of materialism; and it has been criticized at length in the literature, ... \n

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Mind-body identity, privacy, and categories.Richard Rorty - 1965 - Review of Metaphysics 19 (1):24-54.
Mental terms, theoretical terms, and materialism.James W. Cornman - 1968 - Philosophy of Science 35 (March):45-63.

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