Thank you for the description. I’m definitely not a “radical Behaviorist”, since I do believe there is a mind. I observe my own mind and the downstream effects of others’ minds. I do have subjective experience, but to use the phrase “my own self” would distract us into metaphysical territory I’d rather avoid.
Behaviorism has lots of political implications. I read somewhere that it has historically been used to rationalize (in the confabulation/retcon/propaganda/justification sense) authoritarian dehumanizing systems.
while frequentist reasoning requires that you pretend not to know what you know, and on no account use it
I like this argument. It’s healthy food for thought.
ETA: I had thought that behaviorism arose in reaction to introspectionism, which was collapsing due to the failure of the introspectionists to agree about the basic facts of their introspections.
I wouldn’t say you’re wrong. To prevent possible miscommunication, I would like to note that Behaviorism arose in response to Freudian introspection. Mystical introspection is a different thing that wasn’t even on Western psychology’s radar at the time.
Thank you for the description. I’m definitely not a “radical Behaviorist”, since I do believe there is a mind. I observe my own mind and the downstream effects of others’ minds. I do have subjective experience, but to use the phrase “my own self” would distract us into metaphysical territory I’d rather avoid.
Behaviorism has lots of political implications. I read somewhere that it has historically been used to rationalize (in the confabulation/retcon/propaganda/justification sense) authoritarian dehumanizing systems.
I like this argument. It’s healthy food for thought.
I wouldn’t say you’re wrong. To prevent possible miscommunication, I would like to note that Behaviorism arose in response to Freudian introspection. Mystical introspection is a different thing that wasn’t even on Western psychology’s radar at the time.