From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science - The Case Against Belief

The average person has a rich belief system about the thoughts andmotives of people. From antiquity to the beginning of this century, Stephen Stichpoints out, this "folk psychology" was employed in such systematic psychology asthere was: "Those who theorized about the mind shared the bulk of their terminologyand their conceptual apparatus with poets, critics, historians, economists, andindeed with their own grandmothers."In this book, Stich puts forth the radicalthesis that the notions of believing, desiring, thinking, prefering, feeling, imagining, fearing, remembering and many other common-sense concepts that comprisethe folk psychological foundations of cognitive psychology should not - and do not -play a significant role in the scientific study of the mind.Stephen P. Stich isProfessor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland.

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Judith L. Goldstein is Professor of Political Science at Stanford University.

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• Autori: S. P. Stich, Stephen Stich, Stephen (Rutgers University) Stich, Stephen P. Stich
• Editore: The MIT Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.1983
• EAN: 9780262690928
• ISBN: 978-0-262-69092-8
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Bradford Books; From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica