Explain why you agree or disagree that eliminative material

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Ravi thinks that beliefs do not reduce to behavioral states. He does not think that mental states can be discovered with any method of perception. Ravi argues that intentional states are nothing more than physical states. Ravi also believes that folk psychology is a form of neuroscience. Finally, Ravi thinks that all physicalist theories of mind are incorrect.

Fully explain the extent to which eliminative materialism would agree or disagree with Ravi's claims.
Fully explain why you agree or disagree that eliminative materialism is a more convincing theory than substance dualism.

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