Gordon M. Burghardt (1994) Evolution and the Analysis of Private Experience . Psycoloquy: 5(73) Metapsychology (6)
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Psycoloquy 5(73): Evolution and the Analysis of Private Experience

EVOLUTION AND THE ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE EXPERIENCE
Book Review of Rakover on Metapsychology

Gordon M. Burghardt
Department of Psychology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0900

BURGHD@UTKVX.UTK.EDU

Abstract

Rakover (1990) raises many important issues but he is unduly pessimistic about the possibilities for scientific knowledge concerning many aspects of the phenomenon of private experience in human and nonhuman animals. His position may reflect the generally conservative stance philosophical analysis attempts to impose on "frontier" natural science.

Keywords

behavior, causality, experimentation, explanation, introspection, mind-body problem, observation, philosophy, psychology, reductionism, science, theory.

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