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PRAGMATISM AND RADICAL BEHAVIORISM: COMMENTS ON MALONE (2001)
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ABSTRACT: The purpose of this commentary is to discuss briefly a few points arising from Malone's (2001) interesting paper, "Ontology Recapitulates Philology: Willard Quine, Pragmatism, and Radical Behaviorism." Malone's paper serves both as a tribute to Quine as well as a reexamination of the possible pathways of influence between Quine and B. F. Skinner. These remarks are directed primarily to questions involving pragmatism in Skinner's radical behaviorism. Some of the points made here have...
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PRAGMATISM AND RADICAL BEHAVIORISM: COMMENTS ON MALONE (2001)
Behavior and Philosophy
; ABSTRACT: The purpose of this commentary is to discuss briefly a few points arising from Malone's (2001) interesting paper, "Ontology Recapitulates Philology: Willard Quine, Pragmatism, and Radical Behaviorism." Malone's paper serves both as a tribute to Quine as well as a reexamination of the
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The psychology of B. F. Skinner.(Book review)
The Psychological Record
; O'DONOHUE, WILLIAM, & FERGUSON, KYLE E. (2001). The psychology of B. F. Skinner. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Pp. x + 286. ISBN-13: 978-0761917595. $54.95 PB. Since his death in 1990, at least half a dozen major examinations of the life and work of Burrhus Frederic (B. F.) Skinner have
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Mythmaking: how introductory psychology texts present B.F. Skinner's analysis of cognition.
The Psychological Record
; His work spawned a division of the APA (Division 25, Experimental Analysis of Behavior); an independent professional organization (the Association for Behavior Analysis) with more than 2,200 members; two private foundations dedicated to the advancement of behavioral psychology; and a host of
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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)
The Psychological Record
; In a recent article entitled Causal Constructs and Conceptual Confusions, Hayes, Adams, and Dixon (1997) proposed and described a number of conceptual and philosophical problems that they contended were derivable from radical behaviorism as a scientific system. The authors have carefully considered
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Radical behaviorism and the rest of psychology: A review/precis of Skinner's About Behaviorism
Behavior and Philosophy
; ABSTRACT: Radical behaviorism is fundamentally different from traditional psychology, so it is not surprising that it has been widely misunderstood. It offers an alternative to the traditional treatments of mind that avoids some of the insoluble problems raised by those views. B. F. Skinner
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Intentional explanations and radical behaviorism: A reply to Lacey
Behavior and Philosophy
; In a recent review of two books on contemporary behavioral psychology, Lacey (1996) began with a brief critical overview of "behaviorism" in general and "radical behaviorism" in particular. The purpose of this commentary is to respond to these two sections of Lacey's review, rather than to respond
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Skinner's reinforcement theory: A heideggerian assessment of its empirical success and philosophical failure
Behavior and Philosophy
; ABSTRACT: Affinities have been noted between radical behaviorism and phenomenology, hermeneutics, and poststructuralism, but this paper claims the most promising one has been neglected. Skinner's behaviorism is best seen as elucidating that time-sense characteristic of ordinary, habitual life which
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PRAGMATISM AND RADICAL BEHAVIORISM: A RESPONSE TO LEIGLAND
Behavior and Philosophy
; ABSTRACT: Leigland notes that the relation between radical behaviorism and pragmatism is complex and cites Richard Rorty as an exemplar of pragmatism. But Rorty promotes a bizarre version of pragmatism, not to be associated with radical behaviorism or with pragmatism as Peirce conceived it. Rorty
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For Skinner, a trial by fire // And by quake, hurricane, oil spill...
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... outside the capital for some Cabinet officers. He still is hardly a household name. On the night of the California earthquake, CBS News anchorman Dan Rather reported that "a Mr. Skinner, we don't know which Mr. Skinner" was rushing to the scene. But his role in ...
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Ontology recapitulates philology: Willard Quine, pragmatism, and radical behaviorism
Behavior and Philosophy
; ONTOLOGY RECAPITULATES PHILOLOGY:1 WILLARD QUINE, PRAGMATISM, AND RADICAL BEHAVIORISM Willard Van Orman Quine died on Christmas Day, 2000, at the age of 92. He was possibly the greatest living American philosopher, and he was a member of the editorial board of this journal since its origin in 1972.
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