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Postulates of Behaviorism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

William Stephenson
William Stephenson*
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University of Chicago
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We propose to take issue with a neo-behaviorist (19) upon what might seem to be a minor detail, and about which we are sure that, upon reflection, he would not differ from us. It has to do with the use of the word experience in a basic postulate of behaviorism. Even if by a hair's breadth this implies something categorically different from behavior, then, it seems to us, the essential meaning of behaviorism has been missed.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 1953 , pp. 110 - 120
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1953

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