Eliminative Materialism

7. Branch of philosophy concerned with what exists
9. The view that everything that exists is physical
12. Everyday theory of the mind involving beliefs and desires
14. The view that common-sense mental states do not really exist
15. (First name only) They argue folk psychological terms are theoretically weak and will eventually be discarded

1. Examples of an outdated scientific theory used as an analogy by eliminativists
2. One major criticism is that we are directly aware of our own mental states.
3. The scientific study of the brain
4. (First name only) This philosopher emphasises neuroscience as a replacement for folk psychology
5. A plan or aim to do something
6. The view that the mind and body are separate
8. What eliminative materialists think mental states really are not
10. What we feel when something hurts
11. The non-physical part of a person, according to dualists
13. The idea that folk psychology works well in practice even if imperfect