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Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?

Yıl 2017, Sayı: 29, 215 - 224, 30.10.2017
https://doi.org/10.20981/kaygi.342439

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Behaviorism, both as a psychological research program and a philosophical doctrine, was once a very popular and promising theory, the extension of which had a great impact on various fields such as socio-political theory and education. Both behaviorist movements actually shared something in common, which is to bring the downfall of the Cartesian metaphysics, in which the mental is understood as something essentially private and subjective. In this work, first I will briefly go over the general circumstances before the rise of behaviorism and the challenge of behaviorism to the Cartesian metaphysics. Later on, I will provide some of the technical details of philosophical behaviorism. In the last section, I will summarize some of the famous criticisms of behaviorism. I will argue for the claim that despite what Putnam and others thought, behaviorism does not seem to be a weak theory at all. On the contrary, I think that Putnam’s criticisms could only show how badly behaviorism is misunderstood and caricaturized. Finally, I will talk about possible theoretical responses to Putnam’s criticisms, responses that could easily be launched from a Rylean or Wittgensteinian perspective.

Kaynakça

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Toplam 15 adet kaynakça vardır.

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Nazım Gökel

Yayımlanma Tarihi 30 Ekim 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi 9 Ekim 2017
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2017 Sayı: 29

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APA Gökel, N. (2017). Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi(29), 215-224. https://doi.org/10.20981/kaygi.342439
AMA Gökel N. Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?. Kaygı. Ekim 2017;(29):215-224. doi:10.20981/kaygi.342439
Chicago Gökel, Nazım. “Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, sy. 29 (Ekim 2017): 215-24. https://doi.org/10.20981/kaygi.342439.
EndNote Gökel N (01 Ekim 2017) Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 29 215–224.
IEEE N. Gökel, “Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?”, Kaygı, sy. 29, ss. 215–224, Ekim 2017, doi: 10.20981/kaygi.342439.
ISNAD Gökel, Nazım. “Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 29 (Ekim 2017), 215-224. https://doi.org/10.20981/kaygi.342439.
JAMA Gökel N. Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?. Kaygı. 2017;:215–224.
MLA Gökel, Nazım. “Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, sy. 29, 2017, ss. 215-24, doi:10.20981/kaygi.342439.
Vancouver Gökel N. Behaviorism: Dead or Alive?. Kaygı. 2017(29):215-24.

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