In Defence of Folk Psychology

Frank Jackson; Philip Pettit

doi:10.1093/oso/9780199253364.003.0002

In Defence of Folk Psychology

Frank Jackson, Philip Pettit

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It turned out that there was no phlogiston, no caloric fluid, and no luminiferous ether. Might it turn out that there are no beliefs and desires? Patricia and Paul Churchland say yes.1 We say no. In section 1 we give our positive argument for the existence of beliefs and desires, and in part two we offer a diagnosis of what has misled the Churchlands into holding that it might very well turn out that there are no beliefs and desires.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Mind, Morality, and Explanation
Subtitle of host publication	Selected Collaborations
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	13-35
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	9781383039337
ISBN (Print)	9780199253364
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199253364.003.0002
State	Published - Jan 1 2024

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General Arts and Humanities

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argument
Churchlands
diagnosis
Eliminativists
neuroscience

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