Moore J
Behav Anal. 1985 Spring;8(1):53-63. doi: 10.1007/BF03391912.
Historical and conceptual relations among logical positivism, conventional operationism, and behaviorism are examined from the standpoint of Skinner's radical behaviorism. Although logical positivism and conventional operationism sought the formulation and application of an epistemology based strictly upon physicalistic principles and experiential verification, the application of that epistemology in psychology has resulted in the perpetuation, rather than the resolution, of a number of mentalistic, if not outright dualistic, problems.
从斯金纳的激进行为主义立场出发,审视了逻辑实证主义、传统操作主义和行为主义之间的历史与概念关系。尽管逻辑实证主义和传统操作主义寻求严格基于物理主义原则和经验验证来构建和应用一种认识论,但该认识论在心理学中的应用导致了许多心理主义(即便不是彻头彻尾的二元论)问题的持续存在,而非得到解决。