themajor problem of the present article is to investigate relation betweenepistemological behaviorism and epistemological pluralism or relativism. can webelieve in epistemological behaviorism and set aside representationalism andthe same time we reject relativism and believe that the concept of truth playsthe key role in our understanding of the world and of the mind of agents. inthis article, ...

The purpose of this study is to explore the possibility reconciliation between Kant’s transcendental idealism and McCarthy’s epistemological point view on artificial intelligence, which are at first glance likely be considered contradictory. For this, characterizing standpoint J. McCarthy, who coined word ‘artificial intelligence’ as scientific realism that A. Turing, provided a crucial thought...

the major problem of the present article is to investigaterelation between epistemological behaviorism and objectivity. can we believe in the one and set aside the foundational attitude to knowledge, but nevertheless we preserve the other and claim that the inquiry is answerable to the world. in this article,mcdowell’s positive answer to this question is considered. in this respect, mcdowell’s ...

This article examines the epistemological claims made by four paradigms used to study leisure meanings: behaviorism, cognitivism, individual constructivism, and social constructivism.These paradigms represent diverseand contrasting theoretical explanations of how individuals gain knowledge about and givemeaning to the phenomenon of leisure and of how these meanings differ and change. Analysis o...

The overarching aim of the paper is to incorporate the micro-foundations perspective in strategic management and offering possibilities to bridge the macro–micro divide, to review the concept of habits, as well as to propose research findings and directions in terms of further exploring the habit construct and its impact on higher epistemological level phenomena (for instance organizational rou...

The ®eld of behavior therapy is not in touch with itself in terms of its overarching behaviorism. Many erroneously consider its basic behaviorism to have been radical behaviorism and continue to look to develop behavior therapy (including behavior analysis and behavioral assessment) within that framework. But that approach turns out to be much less than maximal because there is a more advanced,...

A shift from mechanistic behaviorism to functional behaviorism is presented against the background of two historical traditions, one with an emphasis on form, the other with an emphasis on function. Skinner's work, which made more contributions to a functional behaviorism than to a mechanistic behaviorism, exemplifies this shift. The two traditions and an account of Skinner's development of fun...

richard mckay rorty (1932-2007) is the american neo-pragmatist. criticizing the prevalent issues of traditional philosophy such as truth, knowledge, objectivity, logic and philosophy, he considers epistemology a modern subject which emerged via forging the mind by rene descartes. in his view, separation of mind–body is an unprecedented matter created in descartes philosophy. he thinks that, i...