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folk psychologyWays of conceptualizing mind and the mental that are implicit in our ordinary, everyday attributions of mental states to ourselves and others. Philosophers have adopted different positions about the extent to which folk psychology and its generalizations (e.g., those portraying human actions as governed by intention) are supported by the findings of scientific psychology. Some consider it indispensible to understanding human conduct. Others (“eliminative materialists”) think that it can and perhaps will be replaced by scientific psychology. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The thought patterns which we use in understanding language, or in doing mathematics, or in trying to grasp each other's motives, or in historical research, or in responding to works of art, are not just superficial layers of folk psychology laid over a single basic pattern prescribed by physical science. In my structures, everything that is general, conventional, common sense, folk psychology, grammatical, etcetera, is taken into consideration and carefully measured to force the player to assume a dynamic attitude toward it. These common sense views were referred to as vulgar by such eighteenth-century philosophers as George Berkeley and David Hume, and today are termed folk psychology by modern philosophers. |
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