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The Future of Folk Psychology: Intentionality and Cognitive Science

John D. Greenwood

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Preface Introduction: folk psychology and scientific psychology John D. Greenwood 1. Fodor's guide to mental representation: the intelligent auntie's vade-mecum Jerry A. Fodor 2. Folk psychology and the explanation of human behaviour Paul M. Churchland 3. Reasons to believe John D. Greenwood 4. Connectionism, eliminativism, and the future of folk psychology William Ramsey, Stephen Stich and Joseph Garon 5. Being indiscrete John Heil 6. Two contrasts: folk craft versus folk science, and belief versus opinion Daniel C. Dennett 7. Folk psychology is here to stay Terence Horgan and James Woodward 8. Folk-psychological explanations Jonathan Bennett 9. Losing your mind: physics, identity, and folk burglar prevention Simon Blackburn 10. 'Tractarian states' and folk-psychological explanation Jay Rosenberg 11. The autonomy of folk psychology Joseph Margolis 12. A culturalist account of folk psychology Richard McDonough Author index Subject index.

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Key concepts: Folk psychology, Comparative psychology, Psychology, Philosophy of psychology, Intentionality, Philosophy, Epistemology, Psychoanalysis