Linguistic behaviorism

Linguistic behaviorism: Any theory or school of thought which adopts language expressions as its sole referent and excludes the inner world or “fields” of thought and feeling.

Source: ‘What is Good? What is Bad? The Value of All Values across Time, Place and Theories’ by John McMurtry, Philosophy and World Problems, Volume I-III, UNESCO in partnership with Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: Oxford, 2004-11.