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| Behaviorism: presupposes observable and observed behavior and derives predictions of further behavior from them. As few assumptions as possible about a mental inner life are used for explanation. See also mentalism, behavior, consciousness._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Michael Pauen on Behaviorism - Dictionary of Arguments
Pauen I 36 Logical behaviorism and eliminative materialism: empirical exploration of consciousness is superfluous because mentalistic statements can be completely replaced by physicalist statements. >Materialism, >Eliminative Materialism, >Physicalism, >Reductionism, >Reduction, >Elimination. Identity theory: consciousness is as important as the brain, only one domain, but different description, or access. >Identity theory, >Type/token identity, >Token physicalism, >Consciousness._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Pauen I M. Pauen Grundprobleme der Philosophie des Geistes Frankfurt 2001 |
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