C.S. Lewis

September 6, 2018Written by Rick Shrader

C.S. Lewis on Behaviorism

“The theory of Behaviorism, [which] insisted that there is no such thing as ‘mind’ at all, only behavior, since behavior, not mind, could be measured and studied. The concept of ‘mind’ had no proof, but actions did. Of behaviorism, Lewis said later could no more have accepted it than he could have scratched his ear with his own toe.”

C.S. Lewis: A Life Inspired, Christopher Gordon, p. 39.

Source: C.S. Lewis: A Life Inspired

I have read a lot of C.S. Lewis in my lifetime, so I was interested when Kindle offered this book free by Wyatt North Publishing. I was not disappointed. This is a new attempt at giving the spiritual journey of Lewis beginning with his separated childh …

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Values / Manners / Morals

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