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[from 'Philosophy of Mind' by John Heil, in 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology ]

Full Idea

Folk psychology and neuroscience are not competitors, any more than cartography and geology are competitors.

Gist of Idea

Folk psychology and neuroscience are no more competitors than cartography and geology are

Source

John Heil (Philosophy of Mind [1998], Ch.5)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Routledge 1998], p.152


A Reaction

This seems true enough, unless someone like Fodor claims that the correct way to do neuroscience is to try to explicate folk psychology categories in terms of brain function. Folk psychology is fine for folk.