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Attempts to describe what we mean when we talk about thoughts, beliefs, intentions, dreams, sensations, etc
Mental states are NOT internal causes of behavior and that we can do without mental states
Meaning of mentalistic terms can be expressed purely by behavior |
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| Methodological Behaviorism |
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Science-based
How psychological science should be developed on looking at the mind |
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Argues with logical behaviorism, because we CAN know others' mental states by analogies with our own
Believes that states ARE internal causes of behavior |
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| Problem's with Russell's Analogies |
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| N is too small; the only sample you have is yourself! |
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| Sober's View on Logical Behaviorism |
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Disagrees with it
Just because we don't see the states, doesn't mean they don't exist or affect us |
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Common sense is committed to the idea that mental states are inner causes of behavior
ARgues that mental states are NOT internal causes of behavior
Ex. Lift cup because you wanted a drink and believed there was water |
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Dispositional property
Something is disposed to behave in a certain way when placed in a certain situation
Ex. When a pill is put in water, it dissolves |
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| Every object is material or physical |
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Living things contain a nonphysical substance that animates them with life
Undermined by molecular biology |
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| Mind-Brain Identity Theory |
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Relationship between mind and body is something that science discovers by experiment
Ex. feeling pain is both physical and mental at the same time |
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| We should believe the simplest theory (identity over dualism) which minimizes the number of entities |
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| Mind-Brain Identity Theory Parsimonous? |
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| Yes, because it explains that there is a perfect correlation between physical and mental events (ONE event); dualism says these are two different events |
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