So, folk theories are the older ideas that have been in the field for a long time?
If so, that’s correct.
Perhaps those philosophers should keep up with the newest theories so that they realize the conflict of the old and new.
I don’t think that self-taught philosophers are the problem, though. Autodidacts do not necessarily believe the wrong ideas.
Roughly speaking, folk theories are the theories that an ordinary viewer of Law & Order thinks are true. For daily life, many folk theories are close enough, but they often make nonsensical or wildly wrong claims when applied in any specialized context.
It appears that folk theories are slightly entangled with actual scientific theories, in that I doubt Victorian era common folk thought that the speed of light was a fundamental constant, and most moderately educated people now do have some concept of that idea.
So, folk theories are the older ideas that have been in the field for a long time? If so, that’s correct.
Perhaps those philosophers should keep up with the newest theories so that they realize the conflict of the old and new. I don’t think that self-taught philosophers are the problem, though. Autodidacts do not necessarily believe the wrong ideas.
Roughly speaking, folk theories are the theories that an ordinary viewer of Law & Order thinks are true. For daily life, many folk theories are close enough, but they often make nonsensical or wildly wrong claims when applied in any specialized context.
It appears that folk theories are slightly entangled with actual scientific theories, in that I doubt Victorian era common folk thought that the speed of light was a fundamental constant, and most moderately educated people now do have some concept of that idea.