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Etymology

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From eliminative +‎ -ist.

Adjective

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eliminativist (not comparable)

  1. (philosophy) Supporting eliminativism, the materialist position which holds that folk psychology presents a false view of the mind
    • 2007 November 24, Michael V. Antony, “Are Our Concepts”, in Erkenntnis[1], volume 68, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 239–263:
      Option (ii) has two variants: (iia) conclude that the concepts conscious state and conscious creature fail to refer, adopting an eliminativist position; and (iib) claim that future, correct versions of the concepts will be vague.

Noun

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eliminativist (plural eliminativists)

  1. (philosophy) A supporter of eliminativism.

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