PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Behaviorism
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The difference lies on whether they think mind and matter are different things or not. Leibniz"s law says if two objects x and y are identical, then properties of x must be properties of y, and vice versa. It indicates that x having a property that y lacks can imply that x is not y. This law is good for arguments that try to identify if two objects are the same thing: explain what is wrong (according to sober) with the first. Sober thinks dualism doesn"t follow the premises the first. He argues that indubitable existence is not a property. In my own case, i notice that when i produce behavior b, i usually am in mental state m. I observe that another individual (o) is now producing behavior b. Logical behaviorism says the meanings of mentalistic terms can be specified purely in terms of behavior.
