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Originally Posted by Disinfo Agent
Science has its phases and schools of thought, like any other social activity. Especially the human sciences. That's just a fact of life, there's no use in denying it.
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But behaviorism shouldn't be a "school of thought", it should be a "mode of inquiry". When an "ist" is a declaration of expertise, it is a useful moniker, but when it is a claim on truth, it becomes counterproductive. I personally flinch every time I hear "school of thought" applied to either science or philosophy, because it tends to be applied in the latter sense, not the former. A filter is a piece of a spectrum, useful when you need depth instead of breadth, but it can be a blinder just as easily.