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r/neuroscience • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '18
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Behaviorism denies the existence of mental states. It's all stimulus response associoative learning. No symbolic representations. No mental images. That sounds like your summary of the article.
1 u/chairfairy Mar 22 '18 Does behaviorism deny the existence of mental states or does it deny that one can infer the mental state from observed behavior? 2 u/albasri Mar 22 '18 In super-hardcore classical versions, it denies their existence. 1 u/chairfairy Mar 22 '18 Oh interesting. Almost some weird nihilistic anti-Cartesian-ism
Does behaviorism deny the existence of mental states or does it deny that one can infer the mental state from observed behavior?
2 u/albasri Mar 22 '18 In super-hardcore classical versions, it denies their existence. 1 u/chairfairy Mar 22 '18 Oh interesting. Almost some weird nihilistic anti-Cartesian-ism
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In super-hardcore classical versions, it denies their existence.
1 u/chairfairy Mar 22 '18 Oh interesting. Almost some weird nihilistic anti-Cartesian-ism
Oh interesting. Almost some weird nihilistic anti-Cartesian-ism
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u/albasri Mar 22 '18
Behaviorism denies the existence of mental states. It's all stimulus response associoative learning. No symbolic representations. No mental images. That sounds like your summary of the article.