Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

philosophical behaviorism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: philo-soph-i-cal be-hav-ior-ism
IPA

46

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of behaviorism.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Indeed one of the motives of philosophical behaviorism was to defend verificationism by showing that it need not classify the bulk of folk psychology's mentalistic terminology as nonsense."
"In fact, philosophical behaviorism is not so much a theory about what mental states are (in their inner nature) as it is a theory about how to analyze or to understand the vocabulary we use to talk about them."
"Breaking your leg, burning your hand, and seeing or hearing a lion are all physical events, as are the failure of a light bulb and the blowing out of a candle. It follows that philosophical behaviorism offers a physicalist account of mental states."

Etymology

From philosophical + behaviorism.

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

philosophical behaviourism (alternative)

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does philosophical behaviorism mean?: Synonym of behaviorism.
Where does philosophical behaviorism come from?: From philosophical + behaviorism.

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