Logical Behaviorism

Future Direction

Refrences

Weaknesses/Disadvantages

Conclusion

• Traditional
• Descartes
• Ryle
• Emphasizes relational and functional characteristics of mental states
• Cannot predict others actions (actors)

• Idea of mental state

-explains why people behave certain ways

• Cannot predict other people's actions
• Physiological aspect is always changing

Conclusion

• Searle
• John Watson
• BF Skinner
• Gilbert Ryle
• David Armstrong

Weaknesses/Disadvantages

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• Difficulty recognizing physical reactions from every personal emotion

• Personal behavior differences when reacting to a mental process

• Internal factors are not taken into account

• Actions are an expression of thought, not identical to thought

(nature of the mind)

Weaknesses/Disadvantages

• Simulation of physical reactions (ex: actors)

• Do mental states always coincide with physical states?

• “Mental states would become merely physical alterations”

-a sad person = a crying person

Specifics

Strengths/Advantages

Logical Behaviorism

Logical Behaviorism Outline

Strengths/Advantages

Traditional:

• mind as inward arena

Descartes:

• believed mind was "spiritual substance"

Ryle:

• mind is an outward act

Specifics

• mental concepts can be explained by behavioral concepts

• all we know about a person’s state of mind is through their behavior

• if a person says they’re happy, but does not show signs, then it can’t be true

• emphasises the relational and functional characteristics of mental states

• mind=specific type of organization-intelligent behavior

• highlights a person's innate personality and character

• includes the virtue of what the person is actually doing, and includes what he is inclined to do

History

General Information

Specifics

Strengths/Advantages

Weaknesses

Future Direction/Conclusion

General Information

History

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General Information

Searle states that behavior is something observable

-A specific mental state will result in a specific behavior

Logical Behaviorism: A theory of mind that says mental concepts can be explained by behavior

-the mind is responsible for the outward physical behaviors of our bodies

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History

Gilbert Ryle

• Published the book The Concept of Mind

-Effects on the mind mentally and physically

• “...dualism's replacement, the doctrine known as philosophical (and sometimes analytical) behaviourism.”

David Armstrong

• Scientific reasoning (scientism)
• Man is a physio-chemical mechanism
• Dualism is less used

John Watson

• coined the name in 1912
• focused on behavior being the manifestation of intelligence
• had widespread support from scientific philosophers

Bf Skinner

• tightened the theory
• excluded inner physiological processes and inward experiences