Illustration of the relationship between (conceptions of) causality & ontologies in the various sciences:
As I recall, in B.F. Skinner's brand of behavioral psychology, an internal mental state could not be a cause - because, it was thought, mental states do not exist, they are not real things, they are epiphenomena, they are not things that can cause human behavior. On a fair interpretation: no evidence could possibly have convinced Skinner that it was otherwise. pt ***** Peter Tillers <http://tillers.net/> http://tillers.net Professor of Law Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 (212) 790-0334; FAX (212) 790-0205 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C38C63.79947810 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Bodoni MT"; panose-1:2 7 6 3 8 6 0 2 2 3;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:red; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} - --> </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dred> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Illustration of the = relationship between (conceptions of) causality & ontologies in the various = sciences:</span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'> </span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>As I recall, in B.F. = Skinner’s brand of behavioral psychology, an internal mental state could not be a = cause – because, it was thought, mental states do not exist, they are not real = things, they are epiphenomena, they are not things that can cause human = behavior. 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