There is so much philosophy in our science that it’s kinda scary. How did we get to be a natural science? Why do we consider ourselves such? What is the thinking that drives how we got to where we are?
How did we get to being so focused on data? Why so heavily focused on direct observation? A look at the historical paths that got us to where we are today.
There are lots of behaviorisms. Methodological Behaviorism, Teleological Behaviorism, Radical Behaviorism – to name a few. Let’s take a deep dive into what makes them similar. And different.
One of the things that has made us so successful as a science is our abhorrence of reification. This alone may be the key reason many behavior analysts don’t consider themselves to be psychologists.
MInd and body = Cartesian Dualism. The science of behavior analysis has an interesting take on dualism. Let’s explore the implications and the impact of society on our science.