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SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, DUALISM, AND CONCEPTUAL MODIFICATION
Author(s) -
Zuriff G. E.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.2003.80-345
Subject(s) - dualism , cognitive science , computer science , psychology , data science , epistemology , philosophy
Skinner's Science and Human Behavior is in part an attempt to solve psychology's problem with mind‐body dualism by revising our everyday mentalistic conceptual scheme. In the case of descriptive mentalism (the use of mentalistic terms to describe behavior), Skinner offers behavioral “translations.” In contrast, Skinner rejects explanatory mentalism (the use of mental concepts to explain behavior) and suggests how to replace it with a behaviorist explanatory framework. For experiential mentalism , Skinner presents a theory of verbal behavior that integrates the use of mentalistic language in first‐person reports of phenomenal experience into a scientific framework.