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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.
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Moore, J. Some Historical and Conceptual Relations among Logical Positivism, Operationism, and Behaviorism. BEHAV ANALYST 8, 53–63 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391912
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