Early behaviorists saw knowledge requiring the forfeit of freedom

Evidence

Meyer believed that every social science that aspired to true scientific status would embrace the viewpoint of the Other-One—psychology, of course, but also sociology, economics, criminology, history, and the psychology of religion: “Christ going among his fellow men, an organism among organisms.…” Otherizing would pave the way to a rational future, with its bleak satisfactions that resign humanity to the forfeit of freedom as the price of knowledge. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1159

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces Zuboff’s term ‘Otherizing’ as the viewpoint that treats humans only as organisms observed from outside.
• XREF: connects to: American public rejected behaviorism’s claims over individual freedom — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1022; Behaviorism treated freedom and ignorance as synonyms — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1152; Behaviorism holds that free will is just ignorance of behavioral determinants — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1164 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Behaviorism holds that free will is just ignorance of behavioral determinants #expands (0.95) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1164
• Skinner held that gaining knowledge destroys the illusion of free will #expands (0.93) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1153
• Behaviorism treated freedom and ignorance as synonyms #corroborates (0.92) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1152
• The physics view of behavior treats freedom as mere unexplained ignorance #expands (0.87) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1315
• Skinner saw Enlightenment freedom values as impediments to behavioral science #corroborates (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1207
• Behavioral modification requires asymmetries of knowledge and power #expands (0.78) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 874