Full Idea
Commonsense psychology seems to have an advantage over scientific psychology: its apparent greater stability. Scientific theories seem to come and go.
Gist of Idea
Folk psychology has been remarkably durable
Source
Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy of Mind [1996], p.110)
Book Reference
Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.110
A Reaction
This seems to make the assumption that the folk are in universal long-term agreement about such things, which seems doubtful. See Ideas 2987 and 3410.
Related Ideas
Idea 2987 Folk psychology works badly for alien cultures [Lyons]
Idea 3410 Folk psychology has adapted to Freudianism [Kim]