Did empirical observation and practical experimentation sometimes intertwine with folk explanations and beliefs?

In particular, if we assume both a folk model of evidence in which a speaker's belief constitutes evidence of truth and a model of discourse as informational ( ... It is that we should take note of something that philosophical parlance of propositional attitudes tends to obscure: namely, that the informational content of ... position is that folk psychology should play no role since many folk beliefs about human behavior have been wrong. ... When the content of the information is ... Folklore is the lore (stories, customs, beliefs) of a group of people that is passed down generationally, usually by word of mouth. Apr 5, 2024 ... From Cherokee to Shawnee to Shoshone-Bannock and others, the traditions and beliefs marking an eclipse reveal close connections to the planets. Our belief is simple: God has provided everything we need in nature to ... The information provided on Retta's Folk Art Remedies LLC website (the “Site ... The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life is a project of the Pew Research Center; it delivers timely, impartial information on the issues at the intersection of ... ... informational atomism,” according to which lexical concepts are ... folk-psychological categories of “belief” and “desire”. But this isn't so ... In this podcast we examine the lived religion of Latter-day Saints, the stories we tell, and the beliefs we debate. It is important for the teacher to emphasize that informative/explanatory writing is not meant to convince people of a belief or influence people's behaviors.