The Scientific Credibility of Folk Psychology

by Garth J.O. Fletcher and Sarah Fletcher

Book Overview

The examination and evaluation of folk psychology and lay cognition has been carried out predominantly in two domains: personality and social psychology, and the philosophy of psychology. Yet, work in these two areas has largely proceeded independently. The assumption on which this volume is founded is that a proper comparison between scientific cognition and folk ways of thought rests on an adequate study of both science and folk psychology. With...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805815716
• ISBN13: 9780805815719
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"