Breaking the myth that behaviorism is a trivial science

Sam S. Rakover

doi:10.1016/0732-118X(86)90041-3

Breaking the myth that behaviorism is a trivial science

Sam S. Rakover

Department of Psychology

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Suppe proposed that Positivism had been rejected as a wrong philosophy of science, and that as a result of Behaviorism uncritically adopting Positivism, Behaviorism had become a trivial science. In contrast, I maintain that Behaviorism has produced reliable and informative results, and that Positivism did not create an impoverished science. These proposals are discussed in light of a criterion for scientific triviality, the relationships holding between a wrong philosophy and a science, and a comparison between the scientific products of Behaviorism and of Cognitive Psychology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-310
Number of pages	6
Journal	New Ideas in Psychology
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0732-118X(86)90041-3
State	Published - 1986

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General Psychology

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