folk psychology

<philosophy of mind> the common-sense conceptual framework that we, as human beings, employ to understand, predict, and explain the behaviour of other humans and higher animals.

References

Folk Psychology Biblio

Horgan, T. &amp; Woodward, J. 1985. Folk psychology is here to stay. Philosophical Review 94:197-225. Reprinted in (W. Lycan, ed) Mind and Cognition (Blackwell, 1990).

Jackson, F. Pettit, P. 1990. In defense of folk psychology. Philosophical Studies 59:31-54.

Chris Eliasmith - [Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind] Homepage

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