Philosophy
What is eliminative materialism? Please elaborate.
Some scientists try to get a better understanding of consciousness with the process of eliminative materialism. If they can not understand a phenomenon with the use of mathematics, they use academic disciplines to explain it. If that does not work, they joke among each other stating, "God did it."
Eliminative Materialism explains why certain events occur in our body, mind, society, and world. The only negative about Eliminative Materialism is it changes our perception about everything except how perceive ourselves. We use motives-desire, motivation, anger, and free will- to describe ourselves. We use psychological terminology not from neuroscientific understanding because we use mythology and religion to comprehend our consciousness.
Eliminative materialism is a better way to understand things than to blame why things happen on Gods and spirits. If the phenomenon can not be explained with math, scientists go through a list of other ways to explain before they simply state "God did it." If scientists did not not take that route, we would not have known about evolution. We would only have the theory that God created everything. And, we came from Adam and Eve.
Eliminative Materialism eliminates the theory of mythology. When we scientifically advance, we replace outdated concepts from the past with new, more accurate terminology to reflect our new understanding of body and universe.We do not believe Thor, the thunder god, was the reason behind thunder and lightning anymore. We now know that electrical magnetic currents are the cause of it. Today, we understand why we get sick. We do not get sick because of spirits; we become ill from bacteria. We would still believe that little ghosts circulate through our body. In reality, the nervous system in our body causes sensations. Eliminative Materialism allows the world to have a better understand of why things are this or that way.
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Philosophy
6. Eliminative Materialism
What is eliminative materialism? Please elaborate.
Some scientists try to get a better understanding of consciousness with the process of eliminative materialism. If they can not understand a phenomenon with the use of mathematics, they use academic disciplines to explain it. If that does not work, they joke among each other stating, "God did it."
Eliminative Materialism explains why certain events occur in our body, mind, society, and world. The only negative about Eliminative Materialism is it changes our perception about everything except how perceive ourselves. We use motives-desire, motivation, anger, and free will- to describe ourselves. We use psychological terminology not from neuroscientific understanding because we use mythology and religion to comprehend our consciousness.Eliminative materialism is a better way to understand things than to blame why things happen on Gods and spirits. If the phenomenon can not be explained with math, scientists go through a list of other ways to explain before they simply state "God did it." If scientists did not not take that route, we would not have known about evolution. We would only have the theory that God created everything. And, we came from Adam and Eve.
Eliminative Materialism eliminates the theory of mythology. When we scientifically advance, we replace outdated concepts from the past with new, more accurate terminology to reflect our new understanding of body and universe.We do not believe Thor, the thunder god, was the reason behind thunder and lightning anymore. We now know that electrical magnetic currents are the cause of it. Today, we understand why we get sick. We do not get sick because of spirits; we become ill from bacteria. We would still believe that little ghosts circulate through our body. In reality, the nervous system in our body causes sensations. Eliminative Materialism allows the world to have a better understand of why things are this or that way.
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Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801-1887)Theory of psychophysical parallelism states that mental and physical experiences occur simultaneously and are not necessarily bound by any causal interaction. The theory was established in the early 19th century by a...
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