WITTGENSTEIN'S LANGUAGE-GAMES AND THE CALL TO COGNITION

Abstract

The transition toward cognitive issues in the experimental analysis of behavior is examined. The article shows how the conceptual analysis provided by Wittgenstein in his description of language-games can assist experimental analysts in evaluating the transition. Various philosophical theories of the meaning of psychological terms are discussed as are four components of language-games. It is concluded that Wittgenstein's analysis allows behaviorists to use cognitive terms with a behavioristic system and that with such a system sharper distinctions among types of complex, human, op?rant behavior are possible.

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