In everyday life we explain people's actions on the basis of their beliefs and desires. E.g. Fred went to the diner because he was hungry and believed that the diner has good food. Paul Churchland claims that folk psychology is a theory, i.e. a set of explanatory hypotheses that might be false. It fails to explain much of thinking, e.g. mental illness, creativity, etc. It has not progressed, unlike science.
Folk psychology is isolated from scientific explanations.
So folk psychology should be revised, not eliminated. Figure-ground, gestalt structure. Center and periphery. Graham's 6 philosophical roles for consciousness 1. Qualitative character is an impediment to materialism.