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Behaviorism

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State

Philosophical behaviorism: mental states are patterns of behavior and dispositions to behave—pain is wincing, avoiding, and reporting, not a hidden inner state.

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To say she wants coffee is shorthand for what she does and would do: seeks it, chooses it, complains without it.