V-2nd - 2: clocks and mirrors

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Sydney Morgenbesser, Columbia professor of philosophy, famously said to 
Skinner, "Let me see if I understand your thesis. You think we shouldn't 
anthropomorphize *people*?"

"Ian Livingston" <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: V-2nd - 2: clocks and mirrors



In Skinnerian (Pavlovian) psychology, one
need merely tweak the mechanism to alter the way it operates: psyche
is not a part of psychology, only the organism, which can be altered
by outside force. Utopia is possible through scientific manipulation
of the individual.

Wikipedia on Skinner's best-known works:

Skinner is popularly known mainly for his books Walden Two and Beyond
Freedom and Dignity. The former describes a visit to a fictional
experimental community  [33]  in 1940s United States, where the
productivity and happiness of the citizens is far in advance of that
in the outside world because of their practice of scientific social
planning and use of operant conditioning in the raising of children.


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