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behaviorist en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
substratebor.?
Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.
Proto-Germanic *habjaną
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan
Old English behabban
Middle English behaven
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *haβēō
Latin habeō
Old French avoirbor.
Middle English havour
Middle English behavoure
English behavior
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English behaviorist
From behavior + -ist.
Meanings
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(US) Relating to behaviorism; behavioristic.
Forms
behaviorist en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
substratebor.?
Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.
Proto-Germanic *habjaną
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan
Old English behabban
Middle English behaven
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *haβēō
Latin habeō
Old French avoirbor.
Middle English havour
Middle English behavoure
English behavior
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English behaviorist
From behavior + -ist.
Meanings
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(US) One who studies behavior of humans or animals.
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(US, countable) A supporter of behaviorism.
The behaviorist has nothing to say of “consciousness.” How can he? Behaviorism is a natural science. He has neither seen, smelled nor tasted consciousness nor found it taking part in any human reactions. How can he talk about it until he finds it in his path?
1928, John B. Watson, The Ways of Behaviorism, New York; London: Harper & Borthers Publishers, page 3:But the feeling that the behaviorist is on to something remains. One point which he has going for him is that is seems absurd to suggest that we might someday, after years of fruitful conversation with the Antipodeans, have ground for saying, “Ah, no raw feels; so no minds; so no language, and not persons after all.”
1980, Richard Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 99:According to “the official view,” one never sees another mind; at most, one sees the physical behavior of another person. But, says the behaviorist, if we were really talking about unobservable entities when we talk about other minds, then each of us would naturally be skeptical about other minds: we would be reluctant to make judgements about mental states of others; we would even be dubious about the very existence of other minds.
1979, Thomas D. Davis, Philosophy: An Introduction Through Original Fiction and Discussion, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 20:
Forms
Deriveds
philosophical behaviorist · neobehaviorist
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Translations (3)
ca conductista (Translations) · pl behawiorysta (Translations) · pl behawiorystka (Translations)