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Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers
by: William M. Baum (Author)
Publisher: Wiley
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 2022-08-16
Language: English
Print Length: 400 pages
ISBN-10: 1119880866
ISBN-13: 9781119880868
Book Description
Rediscover the science and philosophy of behaviorIn Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers, distinguished researcher W. M. Baum delivers an expansive collection of incisive papers setting out a new paradigm of thinking about behavior. The book offers only articles that put forward a philosophical and theoretical framework for an effective natural science of behavior. Quantitative analysis is largely avoided (except for a paper on, of all things, avoidance).Organized into three parts, the author explains the flow-like nature of behavior and its link to evolution, as well as descriptions of a pure form of behaviorism that correct some flaws in B.F. Skinner’s seminal works. The book also links behaviorism to anthropology in its final section.Readers will also find: Fulsome descriptions of the molar nature of behavior and why the molecular view is misguidedRe-imaginations of the concept of reinforcement, including considerations of allocation, induction, and contingencyExplorations of the links between behavior analysis and Darwinian evolutionary processesAn essential critique―and reorganization―of behavior theory and philosophy, Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers is a controversial, fascinating, and eye-opening journey through a half-century of transformational work in the field.
Editorial Reviews
Rediscover the science and philosophy of behaviorIn Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers, distinguished researcher W. M. Baum delivers an expansive collection of incisive papers setting out a new paradigm of thinking about behavior. The book offers only articles that put forward a philosophical and theoretical framework for an effective natural science of behavior. Quantitative analysis is largely avoided (except for a paper on, of all things, avoidance).Organized into three parts, the author explains the flow-like nature of behavior and its link to evolution, as well as descriptions of a pure form of behaviorism that correct some flaws in B.F. Skinner’s seminal works. The book also links behaviorism to anthropology in its final section.Readers will also find: Fulsome descriptions of the molar nature of behavior and why the molecular view is misguidedRe-imaginations of the concept of reinforcement, including considerations of allocation, induction, and contingencyExplorations of the links between behavior analysis and Darwinian evolutionary processesAn essential critique―and reorganization―of behavior theory and philosophy, Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers is a controversial, fascinating, and eye-opening journey through a half-century of transformational work in the field.
