The Scientific Credibility of Folk Psychology

Contents: Preface. Folk Psychology: Crock or Touchstone? The Nature of Folk Psychology. Folk Psychology of the Mind. Uses and Abuses of Folk Psychology in Scientific Psychology. The Nature of Scientific Cognition: A Realist Account. The Scientific Status of Folk Psychology 1: Lay Aims, Values and Rules. The Scientific Status of Folk Psychology 2: Lay Theories. Summary, Caveats, and Morals.