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Anthony Peake | Consciousness, Altered States, & The Pleroma
Eliminative Materialism, Daniel Dennett and Scientism
Eliminative materialism is described as the current status quo in neurology and psychology, suggesting that humans do not actually possess an inner life or self-referential consciousness. Figures like Daniel Dennett and Patricia Churchland are criticized for promoting "scientism"—a referred belief system—rather than true science. The argument is made that one must be conscious to even be fooled into thinking they are conscious, highlighting a logical flaw in materialist denials of sentience.