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What is folk psychology?

S Stich1, I Ravenscroft

  • 1Philosophy Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0270.

Cognition
|April 1, 1994
PubMed
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Eliminativism debates in philosophy of mind hinge on the definition of folk psychology. Clarifying this term reveals that some arguments for eliminating beliefs and mental states may not hold.

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Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Eliminativism posits that beliefs and intentional states are theoretical constructs of folk psychology.
  • Folk psychology is claimed to be radically false, leading to the non-existence of mental states.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the ambiguity of the term "folk psychology" in philosophical and cognitive science discourse.
  • To demonstrate the impact of this ambiguity on the eliminativism debate regarding mental states.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of the term "folk psychology".
  • Examination of different interpretations of "folk psychology" in academic literature.
  • Evaluation of the implications for eliminativist arguments based on these interpretations.

Main Results:

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  • Identified two distinct uses of "folk psychology": as an internally represented theory for behavior prediction and as the implicit theory in everyday mental state talk.
  • Demonstrated that the ambiguity has significant consequences for the eliminativism debate.

Conclusions:

  • Resolving the terminological confusion surrounding "folk psychology" is crucial for the eliminativism debate.
  • Certain cognitive models, if true, could invalidate eliminativist arguments under specific interpretations of "folk psychology".