philosophical behaviourism

Noun

philosophical behaviourism (uncountable)

1. (UK) Synonym of behaviorism.
   • Since philosophy became, for many of its practitioners, a study of everyday language, philosophical behaviourism has usually taken the form of analytical behaviourism à la Mace; though it is often presented in jargon like ‘discovering the logic of mental-conduct concepts’. This is a way of saying...1970, Knowledge and Necessity (Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures; 3), London; Glascow: Macmillan; St Martin's Press, →LCCN, page 124
   • Thus we arrive at analytical or philosophical behaviourism: just as fragility is the disposition to break on dropping […] so desire for beer is the disposition to behave in what we believe is a beer-getting manner, and this is a reflection of our very concept of desire for beer.1997, David Braddon-Mitchell, Frank Jackson, Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, Blackwell Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 31

   Synonyms:

   analytic behaviorism, analytic behaviourism, analytical behaviorism, analytical behaviourism, behaviorism, behaviourism, logical behaviourism, philosophical behaviorism