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Operationism as methodology
Author(s) -
Plutchik Robert A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830080309
Subject(s) - viewpoints , variety (cybernetics) , doctrine , subject (documents) , value (mathematics) , set (abstract data type) , computer science , epistemology , mathematical economics , management science , law and economics , mathematics , philosophy , political science , sociology , engineering , law , artificial intelligence , physics , programming language , library science , machine learning , acoustics
Operationism, the doctrine that a concept can best be defined in terms of a set of operations, has been the subject of much controversy since Bridgman first formulated it in 1927. The mixed reactions concerning the value of operationism, the variety of viewpoints that have gradually evolved, and the problems involved in this approach are examined in this paper.