Minnesota State University Mankato Behaviorism at Fifty Essay In the opening pages of Skinner’s “Behaviorism at Fifty” Skinner writes about, mentalistic ex

Minnesota State University Mankato Behaviorism at Fifty Essay In the opening pages of Skinner’s “Behaviorism at Fifty” Skinner writes about, mentalistic explanation, animism, and a homunculus. What are these and how are they connected to Skinner’s critique of Descartes’ dualism (though he never mentions Descartes). What is supposed to be wrong with explanation that appeals to a homunculus? By contrast to Descartes’ dualism Skinner proposes that all that needs explaining is behavior and that can be accomplished in a science of behavior. What does such a science look like, what does it amount to? How does Skinner think that such a science, a radical behaviorism, an improvement over dualism? Why do critics of behaviorism think that the/a flaw of behaviorism is that “what might hold for animals did not hold for men, because men could see their mental processes”(Skinner, p.82).

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