operationist view of consciousness

the notion that conscious experiences may be reduced to publicly observable events, such as discriminative responses. [championed by Stanley Smith Stevens and Edwin G. Boring]

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March 13th 2025

anthropogenesis

n. the scientific study of the origins and development of humans. Also called anthropogeny. —anthropogenetic or anthropogenic adj.