TY - BOOK ID - 1446244 TI - The philosophy of psychology AU - Botterill, George AU - Carruthers, Peter PY - 1999 SN - 0521559154 0521551110 9780521551113 9780521559157 0511011644 1280416939 051115156X 0511612427 0511172710 0511053223 0511310722 9780511612428 1107112737 9780511011641 0511037988 9780511037986 9780511151569 9786610416936 6610416931 9781280416934 9780511172717 9780511053221 9780511310720 9781107112735 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Philosophical anthropology KW - Psychology KW - Philosophy. KW - Psychology. KW - Psychology - Philosophy. KW - Mental Processes KW - Humanities KW - Psychological Phenomena and Processes KW - Psychiatry and Psychology KW - Behavioral Sciences KW - Behavioral Disciplines and Activities KW - Philosophy KW - Cognitive Science KW - Cognition KW - Psychological Theory KW - Social Sciences KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1446244 AB - What is the relationship between common-sense, or 'folk', psychology and contemporary scientific psychology? Are they in conflict with one another? Or do they perform quite different, though perhaps complementary, roles? George Botterill and Peter Carruthers discuss these questions, defending a robust form of realism about the commitments of folk psychology and about the prospects for integrating those commitments into natural science. Their focus throughout the book is on the ways in which cognitive science presents a challenge to our common-sense self-image - arguing that our native conception of the mind will be enriched, but not overturned, by science. The Philosophy of Psychology is designed as a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and beginning graduate students in philosophy and cognitive science, but as a text that not only surveys but advances the debates on the topics discussed, it will also be of interest to researchers working in these areas. ER -