Folk psychology as a causal language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20401955 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annemarie Kalis (0000-0001-8574-492X, Utrecht University, corresponding author), Denny Borsboom (0000-0001-9720-4162, University of Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 723-728 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-3543 • E-ISSN: 1461-7447 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959354320933940 |
| OpenAlex | W3093078063 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
According to Oude Maatman (2020), our recent suggestion (Borsboom et al., 2019) that symptom networks are irreducible because they rely on folk psychological descriptions, threatens to undermine the main achievements of the network approach. In this article, we take up Oude Maatman’s challenge and develop an argument showing in what sense folk psychological concepts describe features of reality, and what it means to say that folk psychology is a causal language
Epistemology · Folk psychology · Sociology · Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · Mental Health Research Topics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |