[lbo-talk] Mirror neurons

[Miles Jackson]

ravi wrote:
> On 2 Sep, 2007, at 14:56 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
>> Let's be clear here: Empathy is not a behavior.  Empathy is a
>> psychological state of understanding the psychological experience of
>> another entity.  The problem here with all the examples you provide is
>> that you're not directly observing "empathy"; you're observing
>> behaviors...
> 
> 
> So, kidding aside, since behavioural observations are out when it  
> comes to evidence, how does one directly observe "psychological states"?
> 
> 	--ravi

That's the methodological problem I'm trying to highlight here.

Miles