Behavior and its causes: philosophical foundations of operant psychology

Abstract

Series Preface. Preface. Introduction: The Anomalous Survival of Operant Psychology. Part I: Understanding the Program of Research. 1. Defining the Operant. 2. Not a Form of S-R Psychology. 3. The Functional Nature of Behavioral Categories. Part II: Circumventing Standard Criticisms of the Program. 4. Minor Problems. 5. Folk Psychology's Critique. 6. Rebutting Folk Psychology's Critique. 7. A Sophisticated Rejoinder by Philosophers. Part III: Weighing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Radical Behaviorism. 8. What is Radical Behaviorism? 9. The Scientific Case for Radical Behaviorism. 10. The Analogy with Natural Selection. Part IV: Disentangling the Program from Radical Behaviorism. 11. Transcending Behaviorism. 12. Operant Psychology without Behaviorism. References. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.

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