Based on the notion of language-game, as formulated by Ludwig Wittgenstein, the relation ship between language, individual practice, belief and knowledge is examined. Knowing is identified as context-adjusted behavior, under learning or extended exercise, while beliefs are considered as dispositional…

La psicología cognoscitiva ha planteado el conocimiento de otras mentes como un proceso de extensión por analogía o por generalización de la mente propia. Esta concepción desempeña un papel central en la explicación del desarrollo del lenguaje y la comunicación,…

The difficulty of two adjustment task employed in a previous study was experimentally evaluated. Outcomes show that the tasks are not equally difficult and that the obtained results may be partially induced as a procedural bias., Se evaluó experimentalmente la…

This paper critically analyzes the cognitive-map concept in terms oh) its subjectivity, as seen in the characterization of environmental knowledge as “images” of the world; b) its use of the information-processing approach in modeling environmental perception; c) its restricted representation…

Based on the theoretical work of Ribes and López (1985) and on Ribes' formulations about intelligent behavior (Ribes, 1981, 1990), the categories of didactic discourse that facilitate its development, are described. These are: a) a varied drill with feedback by…

The aim of this paper is to analyze some general difficulties in the application of Interbehavioral Psychology to social problems. To accomplish this purpose, some definitions of basic and applied science, as well as of their relationships, are reviewed first.…

Según U. Neisser (1976), una teoría psicológica es ecológicamente válida si tiene algo no trivial que decir acerca delo que las personas hacen en situaciones reales y culturalmente significativas. En este escrito defenderé que la teoría pragmatista del conocimiento como…

El llamado 'argumento de la alucinación' ha servido tradicionalmente para justificar o reforzar posturas escépticas en epistemología, así como para acotar conceptualmente teorías de la percepción –convirtiéndose así en una preocupación básica en teoría del conocimiento. En esta presentación defenderé…

Fuentes' radical behavioral concept of a generalized, discriminated contingency that stresses the copresent nature of behavior as a phenomenal and operative process of achievement, is broken down into the categories of knowledge and effect, which are basic characteristics of behavior…

Se argumenta que todos los términos que describen actos, procesos o productos del conocimiento tienen como único referente el comportamiento de uno o varios individuos interactuando con otros individuos ti objetos naturales o convencionales. Sin embargo, los episodios de conocimiento…