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... human behaviour in the terminology of the physical sciences . The physical sciences are wholly extensional . Hence any intensional terms that might be employed in the description or explanation of human action must be eliminated at some ...
... human behaviour in the terminology of the physical sciences . The physical sciences are wholly extensional . Hence any intensional terms that might be employed in the description or explanation of human action must be eliminated at some ...
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... behaviour . It is one function of psychology , as it studies the human agent at its macro - level of description , to suggest guidelines to enable neurophysiologists to classify relevantly at their micro - level . In short ...
... behaviour . It is one function of psychology , as it studies the human agent at its macro - level of description , to suggest guidelines to enable neurophysiologists to classify relevantly at their micro - level . In short ...
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... behaviour , the better computer is one which reproduces the g's that the human subject produces when handling that problem . Not only should it simulate observed human behaviour in a reliable way ; ideally it should have efficient ...
... behaviour , the better computer is one which reproduces the g's that the human subject produces when handling that problem . Not only should it simulate observed human behaviour in a reliable way ; ideally it should have efficient ...
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INTENSIONALITY AND IRREDUCIBILITY | 14 |
PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY | 29 |
PSYCHOLOGY AND PRACTICE | 49 |
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A.J. Ayer action description arguments Aristotle Aristotle's artefact ascribe attribute beliefs and desires body brain capacities ceteris paribus chapter cited cogitatio common sense complex concepts consciousness counterfactual conditionals Descartes described descriptions and explanations detailed discriminate discussion distinction dualism Eliminative Materialism epistemological everyday evidence example experience explain explanandum explanation of action extensional fact feature functional analysis generalisations hence hippogriff human behaviour identify immediacy immediate awareness incorrigibility criterion intensional sentences intensional verb intransitive kind latently intensional matter mental events mental phenomena mind-body problem monism neural neurons neurophysiology non-inferential notion object ontological ordinary language pain patellar reflex perception perform philosophers physical sciences physicalist postulates precisely presupposes processes propositional attitudes psuche psychological predicates psychological terms psychological theory psychology psychophysiological question r₁ reaction realise reason relation robot science fantasy scientific sensations sentient simulation sort stimuli structure thinking thought vocabulary Wernicke's area