Philosophy Lexicon of Arguments

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Behavior, philosophy: behavior ist the set of observable changes in the describable state of living organisms that are initiated by these organisms themselves, or which are a reaction to external stimuli, in which there is a certain choice of the reaction. Flanking thoughts do not belong to behavior, since an arbitrary extension of the frame of reference would make a determination of the behavior impossible. See also behaviorism, psychology, mentalism, naturalism, observation.


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Avr 151 I
Behavior / Armstrong / Avramides: first has to mean: physical conduct. - Otherwise, circular. - In contrast, actual behavior: / Armstrong: also refers to the mind.
Avr 157 I
actual behavior / Armstrong / Avramides: is interpreted behavior that can be seen only by a subject in other subjects. - Avramides: third-person viewpoint. - No God standpoint or neurophysiology. - I 159 Then the spirit can not be only contingently connected to behavior. - A subject can never be separated from his experience. - However, without significant reference to behavior.


AR II = Disp
D. M. Armstrong

Dispositions, Tim Crane, London New York 1996

D. Armstrong
What is a Law of Nature? Cambridge 1983

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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2018-03-25