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== Radical behaviorism == | == Radical behaviorism == | ||
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Skinner's particular brand of behaviorism he called "Radical" behaviorism<ref>''About Behaviorism'' Ch. 1 ''Causes of Behaviour'' § 3 ''Radical Behaviorism'' B. F. Skinner 1974 [ISBN 0-394-71618-3]</ref> which, unlike less austere behaviorisms, does not accept private events such as thinking, personal perceptions and emotions of an organism in an observers causal account of its behavior: | Skinner's particular brand of behaviorism he called "Radical" behaviorism<ref>''About Behaviorism'' Ch. 1 ''Causes of Behaviour'' § 3 ''Radical Behaviorism'' B. F. Skinner 1974 [ISBN 0-394-71618-3]</ref> which, unlike less austere behaviorisms, does not accept private events such as thinking, personal perceptions and emotions of an organism in an observers causal account of its behavior: | ||
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It can be seen by the above that this methodological stance is a reaction and predates the current level of advancement, in which mental structures can be observed in operation via technologies such as [[functional MRI]]. | It can be seen by the above that this methodological stance is a reaction and predates the current level of advancement, in which mental structures can be observed in operation via technologies such as [[functional MRI]]. | ||
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