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The Journal of Mind and Behavior
(JMB) is dedicated to the interdisciplinary approach within
psychology and related fields — building upon the assumption
of a unified science. Mind and behavior position, interact, and
causally relate to each other in multidirectional ways; JMB
urges the exploration of these interrelationships. The editors
are particularly interested in scholarly work in the following
areas:
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The psychology, philosophy, sociology
of experimentation and scientific method
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The relationship between methodology,
operationism, and theory construction
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The mind/body problem in the social
sciences, psychiatry, the medical sciences, and the physical
sciences
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Philosophical impact of a mind/body
epistemology upon psychology and its theories of consciousness
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Critical examinations of the DSM
- biopsychology - somatotherapy framework of thought and practice
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Phenomenological, teleological, existential,
and introspective reports relevant to psychology, psychosocial
methodology, and social philosophy
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Issues pertaining to the ethical
study of cognition, self-awareness, and higher functions of
consciousness in non-human animals
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Historical perspectives on the course
and nature of psychological science
JMB is based upon
the premise that all meaningful statements about human behavior
rest ultimately upon observation — with no one scientific
method possessing, a priori, greater credence than another. Emphasis
upon experimental control should not preclude the experiment as
a measure of behavior outside the scientific laboratory. The editors
recognize the need to propagate ideas and speculations as
well as the need to form empirical situations for testing
them. However, we believe in a working reciprocity between theory
and method (not a confounding), and in a unity among the sciences.
Manuscripts should accentuate this interdisciplinary approach
— either explicitly in their content, or implicitly within
their point of view.
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