text: **Type-A Materialism**
  
  Type-A materialism (also known as*reductive materialism*or*a priori physicalism*) is a view characterized 
  by a commitment to physicalism and a full rejection of the hard problem. By this view, the hard problem 
  either does not exist or is just another easy problem, because every fact about the mind is a fact about the 
  performance of various functions or behaviours. So, once all the relevant functions and behaviours have 
  been accounted for, there will not be any facts left over in need of explanation.[52] Thinkers who 
  subscribe to type-A materialism include Paul and Patricia Churchland, Daniel Dennett, Keith Frankish, 
  and Thomas Metzinger. 
  
  Some type-A materialists believe in the reality of phenomenal consciousness but believe it is nothing 
  extra in addition to certain functions or behaviours. This view is sometimes referred to as*strong*
  *reductionism*.[43][52] Other type-A materialists may reject the existence of phenomenal consciousness 
  entirely. This view is referred to as eliminative materialism or illusionism.[59][60][61] 