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| Behaviorism: presupposes observable and observed behavior and derives predictions of further behavior from them. As few assumptions as possible about a mental inner life are used for explanation. See also mentalism, behavior, consciousness._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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E. Tugendhat on Behaviorism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 204 ~ Behaviorism/Tugendhat: similarity only identifiable by behavior (also for oneself) - does without notions - hence also without similarity. >Behavior, >Equality, >Similarity, >Imagination. Behaviorism: uses no (abstract) concepts. >Abstractness. Introspection: non-sensual notion of similarity, abstract concepts (conceptualism) (BehaviorismVs). >Introspection. VsIntrospection: does not find concepts either, merely postulates them. I 215f Language/Behaviorism/Tugendhat: purpose fundamental, pure signal language, circumstances important (TugendhatVsCircumstances). >Circumstances/Tugendhat. "Conditional rules": Use according to the circumstances. TugendhatVs. Behaviorism: Behaviorism has no place for declarative sentences. >Assertions._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Tu I E. Tugendhat Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Sprachanalytische Philosophie Frankfurt 1976 Tu II E. Tugendhat Philosophische Aufsätze Frankfurt 1992 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-24