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- Title
Mentalism as a Radical Behaviorist Views It -- Part 1.
- Authors
Moore, J.
- Abstract
For radical behaviorism, mentalism is an orientation to the explanation of behavior in which the cause of behavior is attributed to phenomena in an extra-behavioral dimension. The extra-behavioral dimension is often characterized by such terms as mental, cognitive, subjective, or spiritual. Some representative terms for the mental phenomena are acts, states, mechanisms, processes, representations, and cognitions. Part 1 of the present review examines definitional issues associated with mentalism and provides further examples of mentalism. The review then examines some possible reasons for adopting mentalism, from the standpoint first of mentalists themselves and then of radical behaviorists.
- Subjects
RADICAL behaviorism (Psychology); PHILOSOPHY; COGNITIVE ability; COGNITION; SUBJECTIVITY
- Publication
Journal of Mind & Behavior, 2013, Vol 34, Issue 2, p133
- ISSN
0271-0137
- Publication type
Article