| Description |
xii, 383 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Falmer international master-minds challenged ; 5
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Contents |
B.F. Skinner: consensus and controversy / Sohan & Celia Modgil -- Controversy? / B.F. Skinner -- What is radical behaviorism? / Willard F. Day -- The implications of radical behaviorism: a critique of Skinner's science of behaviour and its application / Geoffrey Hall -- Knowledge as action: the epistemology of radical behaviorism / Roger Schnaitter -- An exercise in triviality: the epistemology of radical behaviorism / J. Jacques Vonèche -- B.F. Skinner: the pragmatic humanist / James Wright -- Scolding the carpenter / Douglas Bethlehem -- Skinner on science / Richard E. Creel -- The limits of Skinner's philosophy of science and psychology / Michael Wessells -- Variation and selection: the evolutionary analogy in Skinner's theory / Marc Richelle -- The evolutionary analogy in Skinner's writings / Henry Plotkin -- The explanatory power of Skinner's radical behaviorism / Howard Rachlin -- |
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The explanatory power of radical behaviorism / Hugh Lacey & Barry Schwartz -- Skinner and the unit of behavior / John Hinson -- Skinner, the behavioral unit, and current psychology / John C. Malone -- Mentalism, private events, and scientific explanation: a defense of B.F. Skinner's view / Steven Hayes & Aaron Brownstein -- Emergent behaviorism / Peter R. Killeen -- Skinner re-skinned / Ullin Place -- Skinner placed: a commentary on Place's 'Skinner re-skinned' / Daniel Dennett -- Rule-governed behavior and higher mental processes / Margaret Vaughan -- Rule-governed behavior: an implicit analysis of reference / Linda J. Parrott -- Perception and action / Terry Knapp -- A cognitive approach to behavior / Lynn C. Robertson -- Naturalist ethics / Gerald Zuriff -- Practical reason and a science of morals / Richard Garrett -- In the yellow wood / Robert Epstein -- The limits of behaviorism / W. Miller Brown -- Summary of chapters and interchanges / Sohan & Celia Modgil. |
| Subject |
Behaviorism (Psychology)
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Human behavior.
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Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904-1990.
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Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederick), 1904- |
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Skinner, Burrhus Frederic, 1904- |
| Added Author |
Modgil, Sohan.
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Modgil, Celia.
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| ISBN |
1850000263 |
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9781850000266 |
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