{"product_id":"9781119880868","title":"Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers","description":"\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","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46430660952305,"sku":"9781119880868","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781119880868_p0.jpg?v=1765151108","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781119880868","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}