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Mental states are the core components of folk psychology, as analytic functionalism defines them through common-sense understanding [1], eliminative materialism questions their existence within that framework [2], and specific mental states like 'belief' are analyzed as central terms within folk-psychological explanations [3].
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Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimEliminative materialism (or eliminativism) is the philosophical view that mental states used in folk psychology do not correspond to real brain mechanisms upon scientific examination.
Research - Keith Frankish keithfrankish.com 1 fact
claimKeith Frankish argues that the folk-psychological term 'belief' refers to two distinct types of mental state, which possess different properties and support different kinds of mental explanation.
AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) conspicuouscognition.com 1 fact
claimAnalytic functionalism defines mental states based on everyday folk psychology, characterizing them through common understanding of how people form, hold, and lose mental states like beliefs.