Radical behaviorism and the clarification of causality, constructs, and confusions: a reply to Hayes, Adams, and Dixon. (response to L.J. Hayes et al., The Psychological Record, vol. 47, p. 97, 1997) From: The Psychological Record | Date: June 22, 1998| Author: Leigland, Sam | COPYRIGHT 1998 Psychological Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In a recent paper by Hayes, Adams, and Dixon (1997), Skinner's radical behaviorism was criticized on conceptual and philosophical grounds. The criticisms centered around certain types of alleged confusions between observed events and the verbal constructions used in the description of those events. In examining the arguments presented by Hayes et al. (1997), however, certain inconsistencies may be seen regarding the central issues, and problems are found in the application of the arguments to...