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17. Mind and Body / B. Behaviourism / 4. Behaviourism Critique

5347	Behaviourism notoriously has nothing to say about mental causation [Flanagan]
	Full Idea: Behaviourism was notorious in its heyday for having nothing to say about mental causation.
	From: Owen Flanagan (The Problem of the Soul [2002], p.141)
	A reaction: This is a bit unfair, as Ryle (idea 2622, following Spinoza, 4862) was one of the first to point out the paradox of 'double causation'. You have to be a mentalist to worry about mental causation, and eliminativists aren't bothered.