{"product_id":"explanation-in-the-behavioural-sciences-paperback-9780521099059","title":"Explanation in the Behavioural Sciences (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521099059","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExplanation in the Behavioural Sciences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA confrontation of views written by distinguished figures concerned with the behavioural and social sciences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Borger (Edited by), Frank Cioffi (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521099059, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 May 1975\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e536 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThere are sharp differences among psychologists, sociologists, philosophers and others concerned with the behavioural and social sciences, not simply about the adequacy of particular explanatory systems, but about the very forms of explanation appropriate in this field. The editors have therefore invited a number of distinguished contributors to bring their views into direct confrontation - each chapter takes the form of an exposition, a comment and a final reply by the first author. This volume was first published in 1970.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEditor's Preface\u003cbr\u003e Notes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e 1. Reasons and Causes Stephen Toulmin\u003cbr\u003e Comment R. S. Peters\u003cbr\u003e Reply Stephen Toulmin\u003cbr\u003e 2. The explanation of purposive behaviour Charles Taylor\u003cbr\u003e Comment Robert Borger\u003cbr\u003e Reply Charles Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 3. Is the brain a physical system? N. S. Sutherland\u003cbr\u003e Comment J. H. Grundy\u003cbr\u003e Comment N. S. Sutherland\u003cbr\u003e 4. Conditioning and behaviour D. W. Hamlyn\u003cbr\u003e Comment A. J. Watson\u003cbr\u003e Reply D. W. Hamlyn\u003cbr\u003e 5. Imperfect rationality John Watkins\u003cbr\u003e Comment Alan Donagan\u003cbr\u003e Reply John Watkins\u003cbr\u003e 6. Understanding and explanation in sociology and social anthropology I. C. Jarvie\u003cbr\u003e Comment Peter Winch\u003cbr\u003e Reply I. C. Jarvie\u003cbr\u003e 7. Situational individualism and the emergent group-properties J. O. Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e Comment Robert Brown\u003cbr\u003e Reply J. O. Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e 8. The relevance of psychology to the explanation of social phenomena George C. Homans\u003cbr\u003e Comment Peter M. Blau\u003cbr\u003e Reply George C. Homans\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Skinnerian analysis of behaviour R. A. Boakes and M. S. Halliday\u003cbr\u003e Comment Karl H. Pribram\u003cbr\u003e Reply R. A. Boakes and M. S. Halliday\u003cbr\u003e 10. Explanation and the concept of personality H. J. Eysenck\u003cbr\u003e Comment D. Bannister\u003cbr\u003e Reply H. J. Eysenck\u003cbr\u003e 11. Problems of explanation in linguistics Noam Chomsky\u003cbr\u003e Comment Max Black\u003cbr\u003e Reply Noam Chomsky\u003cbr\u003e 12. Freud and the idea of a pseudo-science Frank Cioffi\u003cbr\u003e Comment B. A. Farrell\u003cbr\u003e Reply Frank Cioffi\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006391996696,"sku":"9780521099059","price":38.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521099059i_09075018-81e4-4a9e-931c-66ee1d33d15f.jpg?v=1694970682","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/explanation-in-the-behavioural-sciences-paperback-9780521099059","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}