{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1508937511","doi":null,"title":"Dennett\u2019s Theory of the Folk Theory of Consciousness","display_name":"Dennett\u2019s Theory of the Folk Theory of Consciousness","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1508937511","mag":"1508937511"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:philsci-archive.pitt.edu:5141","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5141/1/Dennett%27s_Theory_of_the_Folk_Theory_of_Consciousness.pdf","pdf_url":"http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5141/1/Dennett%27s_Theory_of_the_Folk_Theory_of_Consciousness.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401282","display_name":"PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I170201317","host_organization_name":"University of Pittsburgh","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170201317"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"volume":null,"type":"preprint","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5141/1/Dennett%27s_Theory_of_the_Folk_Theory_of_Consciousness.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5003409038","display_name":"Justin M. Sytsma","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4626-3805","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4626-3805"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Justin Sytsma","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4626-3805","affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5003409038"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":31,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"17","issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.9965999722480774,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.9965999722480774,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11477","display_name":"Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics","score":0.0013000000035390258,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11997","display_name":"Free Will and Agency","score":0.00039999998989515007,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/phenomenal-consciousness","display_name":"phenomenal consciousness","score":0.9330000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/folk-psychology","display_name":"folk psychology","score":0.7129999995231628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/phenomenal-qualities","display_name":"phenomenal qualities","score":0.6320000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/color-perception","display_name":"color perception","score":0.6949999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pain-perception","display_name":"pain perception","score":0.7020000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/experimental-philosophy","display_name":"experimental philosophy","score":0.5540000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/phenomenal-experience","display_name":"phenomenal experience","score":0.3580000102519989}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128482177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1429140","display_name":"Folk psychology","level":2,"score":0.8331637382507324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186720457","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7087","display_name":"Consciousness","level":2,"score":0.8239331245422363},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1305866","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4530887","display_name":"Electromagnetic theories of consciousness","level":3,"score":0.7050285935401917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24726157","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23407","display_name":"Philosophy of mind","level":3,"score":0.5958614349365234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.593917965888977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.5754680037498474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5642180442810059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110732118","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1384451","display_name":"Experimental philosophy","level":3,"score":0.4405212104320526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116281135","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q785290","display_name":"Simulated reality","level":2,"score":0.41403788328170776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.37982848286628723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182744844","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35277","display_name":"Metaphysics","level":2,"score":0.26499855518341064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170143251","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842333","display_name":"Western philosophy","level":2,"score":0.08058205246925354}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:philsci-archive.pitt.edu:5141","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5141/1/Dennett%27s_Theory_of_the_Folk_Theory_of_Consciousness.pdf","pdf_url":"http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5141/1/Dennett%27s_Theory_of_the_Folk_Theory_of_Consciousness.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401282","display_name":"PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I170201317","host_organization_name":"University of Pittsburgh","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170201317"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},{"id":"mag:1508937511","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5141/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S187383566","display_name":"Journal of Consciousness Studies","issn_l":"1355-8250","issn":["1355-8250","2051-2201"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319847","host_organization_name":"Routledge","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319847","https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Routledge","Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Consciousness Studies","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:philsci-archive.pitt.edu:5141","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5141/1/Dennett%27s_Theory_of_the_Folk_Theory_of_Consciousness.pdf","pdf_url":"http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5141/1/Dennett%27s_Theory_of_the_Folk_Theory_of_Consciousness.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401282","display_name":"PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I170201317","host_organization_name":"University of Pittsburgh","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170201317"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W1508937511.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W1508937511.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":20,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W156640116","https://openalex.org/W649584741","https://openalex.org/W1575992056","https://openalex.org/W1599282650","https://openalex.org/W1968891750","https://openalex.org/W2006457295","https://openalex.org/W2018528947","https://openalex.org/W2029750549","https://openalex.org/W2061814640","https://openalex.org/W2068697372","https://openalex.org/W2069740405","https://openalex.org/W2072267104","https://openalex.org/W2089306896","https://openalex.org/W2094423012","https://openalex.org/W2109916178","https://openalex.org/W2159478088","https://openalex.org/W2320878399","https://openalex.org/W2497314384","https://openalex.org/W2978315572","https://openalex.org/W3133838171"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1968891750","https://openalex.org/W2098226780","https://openalex.org/W7202283842","https://openalex.org/W4400301638","https://openalex.org/W7101019020","https://openalex.org/W1966827647","https://openalex.org/W2029750549","https://openalex.org/W7058327456","https://openalex.org/W1981284219","https://openalex.org/W7100923213"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"It":[0],"is":[1,72,84,95],"not":[2],"uncommon":[3],"to":[4,107],"find":[5],"assumptions":[6],"being":[7,97],"made":[8],"about":[9,35],"folk":[10,48,70,120,137],"psychology":[11],"in":[12,18,59,77],"the":[13,36,47,66,69,78,93,112,119,129,136],"discussions":[14],"of":[15,20,39,68,80,114,122,135,139],"phenomenal":[16,63],"consciousness":[17],"philosophy":[19],"mind.":[21],"In":[22],"this":[23,108],"article":[24,105],"I":[25,41,126],"consider":[26],"one":[27],"example,":[28],"focusing":[29],"on":[30,92,118],"what":[31],"Dan":[32],"Dennett":[33],"says":[34],"\u201cfolk":[37],"theory":[38,71,134,138],"consciousness.\u201d":[40],"show":[42],"that":[43,46,50,54,128],"he":[44],"holds":[45],"believe":[49],"qualities":[51],"like":[52],"colors":[53,123],"we":[55],"are":[56,62],"acquainted":[57],"with":[58],"ordinary":[60],"perception":[61],"qualities.":[64],"Nonetheless,":[65],"shape":[67],"an":[73],"empirical":[74,81],"matter":[75],"and":[76,102,124],"absence":[79],"investigation":[82],"there":[83],"ample":[85],"room":[86],"for":[87],"doubt.":[88],"Fortunately,":[89],"experimental":[90,100],"evidence":[91],"topic":[94],"now":[96],"produced":[98],"by":[99],"philosophers":[101],"psychologists.":[103],"This":[104],"contributes":[106],"growing":[109],"literature,":[110],"presenting":[111],"results":[113,130],"six":[115],"new":[116],"studies":[117],"view":[121],"pains.":[125],"argue":[127],"indicate":[131],"against":[132],"Dennett\u2019s":[133],"consciousness.":[140]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}