environmental determinism

Tennessee Williams on the death penalty

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This post lists 71 interesting facts about Tennessee Williams, in honor of the 71 years of his life. Item 19 is: “I don’t believe in individual guilt. I don’t think people are responsible for what they do. We are products of circumstances that determine what we do. That’s why I think capital punishment’s an outrage.” […]

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The assumption of environmental determinism

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Stephen Hicks discusses Behaviorism’s controversial assumption of strong environmental determinism. This is from Part 10 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Black box methodology. Next: Behaviorism as a “how” of education, not a “what.” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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