Part 1 Eliminitivism

Does eliminitivism attempt to ontologically reduce mental states?

• Yes

• No

Which term did we eliminate when explaining the black death?

• Bacteria

• Germs

• Bad air

• Yersinia pestis

What was the informal term eliminitivists gave to mental states they believed they'd eliminate?

• psychological realism
• mentalism
• cognitive science
• folk psychology

Tick all terms which are strengths of eliminitivism.

• •1). Folk psychology is inadequate

• •2). ‘Intentionality’ is inaccommodatable

• •3). Ockham’s razor

• •4). “Common-sense” terms tend to get eliminated (Patricia Churchland)

What was the explanation for this strength of eliminitivism: "•2). ‘Intentionality’ is inaccommodatable"?

• Eliminitivism can explain intentionality

• Future neuroscience will explain how brain states can be "about" things

• In eliminating folk psychology eliminitivism eliminates their intentionality so they don't need to be explained

Which philosopher had we already seen make epistemological arguments that might seem decisive against eliminitivism?

• Descartes

• Locke

• Hume

• Kant

Which of these was NOT an objection to eliminitivism?

• •The certainty about the reality of mental states

• •Eliminivism is unscientific

• •Folk psychology has good predictive and explanatory power

• •Eliminativism is “self-refuting”

In terms of an eliminitivist response to "The certainty of mental states", what example of a doubtable mental state did Hume and the Buddha put forth?

• The will

• The self

• Beliefs

• Memories

What theory did we see which seemed to be an example of successful "folk psychology"?

• Brain surgery

• Evolutionary psychology

• Cognitive behavioural therapy

• The psychodynamic approach

Which of these of conditions would folk psychology BE ABLE to treat?

• Anxiety

• Schizophrenia

• Irrational self-perceptions

• Epilepsy