Patricia Churchland is a Canadian-American philosopher working at the University of California, San Diego. She is associated with a school of thought in the philosophy of mind called eliminativism (or eliminative materialism), which argues that folk-psychological concepts such as belief, free will, and consciousness will likely need to be revised as science understands more about the nature of brain function.

This interview is an excerpt from a documentary film entitled "Mastermind" by Sophie Besandoun and Pierre Faye.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Churchland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminative_materialism

The complete 21-minute interview can be found here:
http://philosophyfaculty.ucsd.edu/faculty/pschurchland/mo...

(NOTE: I've gradually gotten better at editing and uploading 16:9 videos to YouTube. As a result, I decided to re-upload the basic points made in this interview, and delete the low quality upload from January 2008. If you're interested in seeing the complete interview simply visit the link above.) (less info)