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Cognition and causation in human experience

M J Mahoney1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton 76203-3587, USA.

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
|September 1, 1995
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Human thinking significantly influences behavior, challenging traditional behaviorism. This study reframes the mind-body debate, asserting cognition

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Behavioral Psychology

Background:

  • Critiques traditional behaviorism's denial of mental causation.
  • Addresses the limitations of purely behavioristic and physicalist ontologies in science.
  • Highlights the philosophical underpinnings of scientific methodology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To refute arguments against the causal efficacy of thoughts.
  • To re-examine the relationship between mental phenomena and behavior.
  • To propose a more nuanced understanding of cognition and its influence.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of existing arguments.
  • Conceptual critique of behavioristic and physicalist assumptions.
  • Integration of contemporary cognitive perspectives.

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Main Results:

  • Identified dualistic assumptions within anti-mental causation arguments.
  • Challenged the necessity of grounding science solely in physical extension and visual observability.
  • Presented thoughts as activities of a living system, not separate entities.

Conclusions:

  • Humans possess the capacity for thought.
  • Human thinking demonstrably influences behavior, and behavior reciprocally affects thought.
  • Further dialogue requires precise clarification of the questions surrounding cognition and behavior.