Contributor
Modgil, Sohan.
Imprint:New York : Falmer Press, 1987.
Descriptionxii, 383 p. ; 26 cm.
Note:I. INTRODUCTION: 1. B.F. Skinner: consensus and controversy / Sohan Modgil, Celia Modgil -- II. REFLECTIONS: 2. Controversy? / B.F. Skinner -- III. RADICAL BEHAVIORISM: 3. What is radical behaviorism? / Willard F. Day -- 4. The implications of radical behaviorism: a critique of Skinner's science of behaviour and its application / Geoffrey Hall -- INTERCHANGE: Day replies to Hall ; Hall replies to Day -- IV. THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF RADICAL BEHAVIORISM: 5. Knowledge as action: the epistemology of radical behaviorism / Roger Schnaitter -- 6. An exercise in triviality: the epistemology of radical behaviorism / J. Jacques Vonèche -- INTERCHANGE: Schnaitter replies to Vonèche ; Vonèche replies to Schnaitter -- V. A PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS: POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND MORAL IMPLICATIONS: 7. B.F. Skinner: the pragmatic humanist / James Wright -- 8. Scolding the carpenter / Douglas Bethlehem -- INTERCHANGE: Wright replies to Bethlehem ; Bethlehem replies to Wright -- VI. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY: 9. Skinner on science / Rihard E. Creel -- 10. The limits of Skinner's philosophy of science and psychology / Michael Wessells -- INTERCHANGE: Creel replies to Wessells ; Wessells replies to Creel -- VII. VARIATION AND SELECTION: THE EVOLUTIONARY ANALOGY IN SKINNER'S THEORY: 11. Variation and selection: the evolutionary analogy in Skinner's theory / Marc Richelle -- 12. The evolutionary analogy in Skinner's writings / Henry Plotkin -- INTERCHANGE: Richelle replies to Plotkin ; Plotkin replies to Richelle -- VIII. THE EXPANATORY POWER OF SKINNERIAN PRINCIPLES: 13. The explanatory power of Skinner's radical behaviorism / Howard Rachlin -- 14. The explanatory power of radical behaviorism / Hugh Lacey, Barry Schwartz -- INTERCHANGE: Rachlin replies to Lacey and Schwartz ; Lacey and Schwartz reply to Rachlin -- IX. SKINNER AND THE UNIT OF BEHAVIOR: 15. Skinner and the unit of behavior / John Hinson -- 16. Skinner, the behavioral unit, and current psychology / John C. Malone, Jr. -- INTERCHANGE: Hinson replies to Malone ; Malone replies to Hinson -- X. SKINNER'S POSITION AGAINST THEORY AND AGAINST MENTALISM: 17. Mentalism, private events, and scientific explanation: a defense of B.F. Skinner's view / Steven Hayes, Aaron Brownstein -- 18. Emergent behaviorism / Peter R. Killeen -- INTERCHANGE: Hayes and Brownstein reply to Killeen ; Killeen replies to Hayes and Brownstein -- XI. SKINNER AND THE 'VIRTUS DORMITIVA' ARGUMENT: 18, Skinner re-skinned / Ullin Place -- 20. Skinner placed: a commentary on Place's "Sinner re-skinned" / Daniel Dennett -- INTERCHANGE: Place replies to Dennett ; Dennett replies to Place -- XII. RULE-GOVERNED BEHAVIOR: A FORMULATION IN TERMS OF COMPLEX HUMAN BEHAVIOR: 21. Rule-governed behavior and higher mental processes / Margaret Vaughan -- 22. Rule-governed behavior: an implicit analysis of reference / Linda J. Parrott -- INTERCHANGE: Vaughan replies to Parrott ; Parrott replies to Vaughan -- XIII. SKINNER'S ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION/COGNITION: 23. Perception and action / Terry Knapp -- 24. A cognitive approach to behavior / Lynn C. Robertson -- INTERCHANGE: Knapp replies to Robertson ; Robertson replies to Knapp -- XIV. NATURALISTIC ETHICS: 25. Naturalist ethics / Gerald Zuriff -- 26. Practical reason and a science of morals / Richard Garrett -- INTERCHANGE: Zuriff replies to Garrett ; Garrett replies to Zuriff -- XV. AFTERWORD: SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS: 27. In the yellow wood / Robert Epstein -- 28. The limits of behaviorism / W. Miller Brown -- XVI. TABULATED SUMMARY: 29. summary of chapters and interchanges / Sohan Modgil, Celia Modgil.
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