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Folk Psychology and Cognitive Architecture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Frances Egan
Frances Egan*
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Department of Philosophy Rutgers University
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Abstract

It has recently been argued that the success of the connectionist program in cognitive science would threaten folk psychology. I articulate and defend a “minimalist” construal of folk psychology that comports well with empirical evidence on the folk understanding of belief and is compatible with even the most radical developments in cognitive science.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 179 - 196
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1995

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Footnotes

†

Thanks to William Bechtel, David Davies, Paul Lodge, Robert Matthews, Robert McCauley, and William Ramsey for helpful comments and criticism.

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Send reprint requests to the author, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.

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