Paul and Patricia Churchland
Andrea Eugenio Cavanna, Andrea Nani
Consciousness 2014 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-44088-9_2 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Conscious experience Brain process Folk psychology Mental phenomenon Philosophical stance |
| Key points | Describes Paul and Patricia Smith Churchland as Canadian-American philosophers who have sought to integrate philosophy of mind and neuroscience into an approach called "neurophilosophy," and identifies them as central figures in the philosophical stance known as eliminative materialism. |
Abstract
Paul Churchland (born on 21 October 1942 in Vancouver, Canada) and Patricia Smith Churchland (born on 16 July 1943 in Oliver, British Columbia, Canada) are Canadian-American philosophers whose work has focused on integrating the disciplines of philosophy of mind and neuroscience in a new approach that has been called neurophilosophy . They are also central figures in the philosophical stance known as eliminative materialism .