{"product_id":"science-and-philosophy-of-behavior-selected-papers-paperback-softback-9781119880868","title":"Science and Philosophy of Behavior; Selected Papers (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119880868","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScience and Philosophy of Behavior\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelected Papers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam M. Baum (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119880868, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.612 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\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRediscover the science and philosophy of behavior\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eScience and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, 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).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganized 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders will also find:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFulsome descriptions of the molar nature of behavior and why the molecular view is misguided\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRe-imaginations of the concept of reinforcement, including considerations of allocation, induction, and contingency\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplorations of the links between behavior analysis and Darwinian evolutionary processes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn essential critique—and reorganization—of behavior theory and philosophy, \u003ci\u003eScience and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers\u003c\/i\u003e is a controversial, fascinating, and eye-opening journey through a half-century of transformational work in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Multiscale Behavior Analysis 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Correlation-Based Law of Effect 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Quantitative Prediction and Molar Description of the Environment 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Trouble With Time 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 From Molecular to Molar: A Paradigm Shift in Behavior Analysis 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Molar View of Behavior and Its Usefulness in Behavior Analysis 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Molar and Molecular Views of Choice 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Rethinking Reinforcement: Allocation, Induction, and Contingency 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Driven by Consequences: The Multiscale Molar View of Choice 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Reinforcement 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Avoidance, Induction, and the Illusion of Reinforcement 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Multiscale Behavior Analysis and Molar Behaviorism: An Overview 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Behavior, Process, and Scale 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Molar Behaviorism 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Radical Behaviorism and the Concept of Agency 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Commentary on Foxall, \"Intentional Behaviorism\" 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Behaviorism, Private Events, and the Molar View of Behavior 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Ontology for Behavior Analysis: Not Realism, Classes, or Objects, but Individuals and Processes 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Berkeley, Realism, and Dualism 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 What is Suicide? 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Relativity in Hearing and Stimulus Discrimination 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Culture and Evolution 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Rules, Culture, and Fitness 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Being Concrete about Culture and Cultural Evolution 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Behavior Analysis, Darwinian Evolutionary Processes, and the Diversity of Human Behavior 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 367\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Veterinary medicine [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Veterinary medicine\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Veterinary%20medicine%20%5BMZ%5D%22\"\u003eMZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52430984970520,"sku":"9781119880868","price":37.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119880868.jpg?v=1784767882","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/science-and-philosophy-of-behavior-selected-papers-paperback-softback-9781119880868","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}