The Philosophy of Psychology [Hardcover]

An accessible analysis of the relationship between folk psychology and contemporary scientific psychology.This book presents an original and accessible analysis of the relationship between common-sense, or 'folk', psychology and contemporary scientific psychology, focussing on the ways in which cognitive science presents a challenge to our common-sense self-image. It is designed as a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and beginning postgraduate students in philosophy and cognitive science, but as a text that not only surveys but advances the debates on the topics discussed, it will also be of interest to researchers working in these areas.This book presents an original and accessible analysis of the relationship between common-sense, or 'folk', psychology and contemporary scientific psychology, focussing on the ways in which cognitive science presents a challenge to our common-sense self-image. It is designed as a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and beginning postgraduate students in philosophy and cognitive science, but as a text that not only surveys but advances the debates on the topics discussed, it will also be of interest to researchers working in these areas.This book presents an original and accessible analysis of the relationship between commonsense, or folk, psychology and contemporary scientific psychology, focusing on the ways in which cognitive science presents a challenge to our commonsense self-image. It is designed as a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and beginning postgraduate students in philosophy and cognitive science, but as a text that not only surveys but advances the debates on the topics discussed, it will also be of interest to researchers working in these areas.Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: some background; 2. Folk-psychological commitments; 3. Modularity and nativism; 4. Mind-reading; 5. Reasoning and irrationality; 6. Content for psychology; 7. Content naturalised; 8. Forms of representation; 9. Consciol$