Philosophy A-Level
Folk Psychology
What Folk Psychology means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Folk Psychology
The common-sense framework of mental states, such as beliefs and desires, used by humans to explain and predict behavior.
Topics that use Folk Psychology
- Metaphysics of mind (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Category Mistake
- Eliminative Materialism
- Epiphenomenalism
- Functionalism
- Leibniz's Law
- Multiple Realizability
- Non-reductive Physicalism
- Property Dualism
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