Psychology and Dichotomic Thinking

Abstract

Although psychology necessarily addresses various conceptual and philosophical dichotomies, for most of them, consensual theoretical solutions have not yet been established. Innatist or environmentalist, monist or dualist, and determinist or indeterminist arguments are examples that permeate the different theoretical mediations or approaches. In short, the presuppositions admitted by each one of the philosophies of science that have been adopted, Radical Behaviorism among them, constitute the thread of continuity of the main epistemological reflections to be found in the context of psychology. In that scenario this essay seeks to underscore the role of relations and especially functional relations in enabling the understanding of human behavior.