1.) In “Behaviorism, Materialism and Functionalism” Paul M. Churchland writes that reductive materialism is a theory of mind which states that “mental states are physical states of the brain” (311) in other words a mental states will reflect a particular physical state of the brain, additionally it also relies heavily on “folk psychology”. Folk psychology is a “commonsense psychological framework” that seeks to explain the parallel between mind and behavior. On the other hand Eliminative materialism, proposes that there can be no relationship between folk psychology and neuroscience, as Churchland writes, “ commonsense psychological framework is a false and radically misleading conception of the cause of human behavior and the nature of cognitive
