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Full Idea
Freudian depth psychology has now almost achieved the status of folk psychology of the sophisticates.
Gist of Idea
Folk psychology has adapted to Freudianism
Source
Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy of Mind [1996], p.158)
Book Ref
Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.158
A Reaction
You don't need to be a 'sophisticate' to laugh knowingly when someone makes an embarrassing Freudian slip. Terms like 'neurotic' are commonplace among modern folk.