The Behaviorist cannot find consciousness in the test-tube of his science.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that consciousness cannot be measured or observed through scientific experiments alone.
John B. Watson suggests that consciousness, a complex and subjective aspect of human experience, cannot be reduced to or studied solely through empirical scientific methods such as those used in behaviorism. This highlights the limitations of a purely scientific approach in understanding the intricacies of the mind.
In practice
In a psychology class while discussing the limitations of behaviorism.
Psychology, as the behaviorist views it, is a purely objective, experimental branch of natural science which needs introspection as little as do the sciences of chemistry and physics.... The position is taken here that the behavior of man and the behavior of animals must be considered in the same plane.
There are... for us no instincts—we no longer need the term in psychology. Everything we have been in the habit of calling an 'instinct' today is a result largely of training—belonging to man's learned behavior.
The soul at its highest is found like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him. That is all an angel is: an idea of God.
When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.
There are two great gifts which God, in his love for man, has granted from on high: the priesthood and the imperial dignity.
Freedom exists only with power.
We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we know, it doesn't need defending.
Good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil. In the speed of events, which one is really in charge? Do they change places with lightning speed? The Chinese believe so. To put the heart of the martial arts in your own heart and have it be a part of you means total comprehension.
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