ISBN:
9789401592475
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XV, 261 p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Studies in Cognitive Systems 22
Parallel Title:
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Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Genetic epistemology
;
Science Philosophy
;
Social sciences Philosophy
;
Ethics
;
Ontology
;
Knowledge, Theory of.
;
Philosophy and social sciences.
;
Science—Philosophy.
Abstract:
The Philosophical Legacy of Behaviorism is the first book to describe the unique contributions of a behavioral perspective to the major issues of philosophy. Leading behavioral philosophers and psychologists have contributed chapters on: the origins of behaviorism as a philosophy of science; the basic principles of behaviorism; ontology; epistemology; values and ethics; free will, determinism and self-control; and language and verbal behavior. A concluding chapter provides an overview of some scholarly criticisms of behavioral philosophy. Far from espousing a `black box' perspective on human cognition and philosophical reasoning, behaviorism (as derived from the works of B. F. Skinner) represents a contemporary and viable approach to conceptualizing important philosophical and psychological issues. Audience: This work will make an excellent text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in the fields of philosophy and psychology, as well as being of interest to established scholars in those disciplines
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-015-9247-5
URL:
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