Folk psychology refers to our everyday practice of making sense of
actions, both our own and those of others, in terms of reasons. This
volume, which is a special issue of the Journal of Consciousness
Studies, brings together new work by scholars from a range of
disciplines (anthropology, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy) whose
aim is to clarify, develop and challenge the claim that folk psychology
may be importantly -- perhaps even constitutively -- related to
narrative practices.
This book is part of a wider project by its editor, Daniel D. Hutto,
Professor of Philosophical Psychology at the University of
Hertfordshire, exploring this central issue of consciousness studies.