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Identity Theory
Title: Identity Theory
Category: Arts & Humanities
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Identity Theory
Behaviourism
Philosophical behaviourism, as it is sometimes described, is due to the philosopher Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976). Denies the dualist view that
mental events are events in a private, inner realm. When properly analysed, things we say about beliefs and pains, f or example, are just
observable behaviours.
My anger with you is not some modification of a spiritual substance that somehow brings about aggressive behaviour [as the dualist
would have us believe]; rather it is the …showed first 75 words of 214 total…
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The obvious objection: that there can be mental processes going on without there being any accompanying behaviour.
Sophisticated Behaviourism
Having a pain is not a matter of how you actually behave, it is rather a matter of how you are disposed to behave.
What then is a 'disposition'? Consider fragility. Glass is fragile; it has the disposition to break when lightly struck. That is, it would
break were it lightly struck.
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