Folk Psychology and the Philosophy of Mind

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Contents: S.M. Christensen, D.R. Turner, Introduction. Part I:The Elimination of Folk Psychology. P. Feyerabend, Materialism and the Mind-Body Problem. R. Rorty, Mind-Body Identity, Privacy, and Categories. P.M. Churchland, Eliminative Materialism and Propositional Attitudes. R.N. McCauley, Intertheoretic Relations and the Future of Psychology. S.P. Stich, Will the Concepts of Folk Psychology Find a Place in Cognitive Science? S.P. Stich, The Future of Folk Psychology. Part II:The Case Against the Case Against Belief. D.C. Dennett, Three Kinds of Intentional Psychology. T. Horgan, J. Woodward, Folk Psychology Is Here to Stay. K.V. Wilkes, The Relationship Between Scientific Psychology and Common Sense Psychology. R.A. Sharpe, The Very Idea of a Folk Psychology. G. Graham, The Origins of Folk Psychology. J.A. Fodor, The Persistence of the Attitudes. P.M. Churchland, Folk Psychology and the Explanation of Human Behavior. J. Haldane, Understanding Folk. T. Horgan, G. Graham, In Defense of Southern Fundamentalism. Part III:Connectionism: The Death of Folk Psychology? W. Ramsey, S.P. Stich, J. Garon, Connectionism, Eliminativism, and the Future of Folk Psychology. W. Bechtel, A.A. Abrahamsen, Connectionism and the Future of Folk Psychology. G.J. O'Brien, The Connectionist Vindication of Folk Psychology. R. Rorty, Consciousness, Intentionality, and Pragmatism.