About Behaviorism, Chapter 2: The World Within the Skin, Quote 14

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About Behaviorism, Chapter 2: The World Within the Skin, Quote 14

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Post published:March 7, 2017
Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day

“Even those who insist upon the reality of mental life will usually agree that little or no progress has been made since Plato’s day.” (p. 36)

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The pathological condition of verbal behavior called aphasia often emphasizes functional differences which are hard to understand in terms of the traditional account … The aphasic has lost some of the functional relationships which control his verbal behavior. A response of a given form may no longer be under the control of one functional relation, although it is still under the control of another. (p. 190)
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“Even those who insist upon the reality of mental life will usually agree that little or no progress has been made since Plato’s day.” (p. 36)

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