Folk psychology, theories, and the Sellarsian roots

In Michael P. Wolf (ed.), Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities. Rodopi. pp. 53-84 (2006)
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Wilfrid Sellars has often be proclaimed the father of the "theory theory" of psychological knowledge. This article exposes what is true and and what is false in this claim.

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