{"product_id":"science-and-philosophy-of-behavior-selected-papers-9781119880868","title":"Science and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William M. Baum | University of California, Davis)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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  *Fulsome descriptions of the molar nature of behavior and why the molecular view is misguided *Re-imaginations of the concept of reinforcement, including considerations of allocation, induction, and contingency *Explorations of the links between behavior analysis and Darwinian evolutionary processes  \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":"Paperback","offer_id":45200995188887,"sku":"9781119880868","price":3915.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781119880868.webp?v=1769207633","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/science-and-philosophy-of-behavior-selected-papers-9781119880868","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}