Eliminativism does not imply inevitable blindness but its contrary. Nor would its truth imply that we must give up mind-talk altogether. Eliminativism maintains that we can replace mind-talk by brain-talk, or we can keep the mentalistic vocabulary and give it a materialistic interpretation. This is so not because we, or our brains, are inherently blind, but because our intuitions can always if necessary, or if desirable, be replaced by others. [ 183 more words. ]
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