# Eliminative materialism > A materialist position in the philosophy of mind that expresses the idea that the majority of mental states in folk psychology do not exist. A [materialist](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Materialism.txt) position in the that expresses the idea that the majority of mental states in do not exist. ## See also - [Reductive materialism](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Reductive%20materialism.txt)