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Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes

The Journal of Philosophy

Vol. 78, No. 2 (Feb., 1981)

, pp. 67-90 (24 pages)

Published By: Journal of Philosophy, Inc.

https://doi.org/10.2307/2025900

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The Journal of Philosophy was founded in 1904 as The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods by Frederick J. E. Woodbridge and J. McKeen Cattell. In 1906, Wendell T. Bush became associated with the Journal as co-editor. In 1923, the Journal was incorporated in the State of New York under its present name. Since its founding it has been published from Columbia University. It is typeset by Sheridan Journal Services, Waterbury, VT, and printed by The Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA.

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In the context of domain-specific values, which of the following statements is true of materialism?

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