Question

If I wanted to communicate to you that I have a headache (which is a non-material conscious state) and I say "My C-fibers are firing", I am eliminating the less accurate sentence ("I have a headache") for the more accurate sentence "My C-fibers are firing"). This is an example of the theory of ___________. Select one:
a. existentialism
b. eliminitivism
c. descriptivism
d. objectivism
e. determinism

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is letter "B": Eliminitivism.

Explanation:

Eliminative materialism also known as eliminativism is the revolutionary argument that our common-sense perception of the brain is profoundly wrong and that some or all of the common-sense mental states do not exist and have no influence in well-established cognitive science.

In the case given, we are eliminating the basic perception of having a headache for "My C-fibers are firing" which is much more of a scientific description of the simple pain in the head.