{"product_id":"science-and-philosophy-of-behavior-isbn-9781119880868","title":"Science and Philosophy of Behavior","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 \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 \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam M. Baum\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire and a Research Associate at the University of California, Davis. He has published over one hundred journal articles and has over twenty years’ teaching experience at universities including Harvard and the University of New Hampshire. His research interests include choice, cultural evolution, behavioral processes, and the philosophy of behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989993079013,"sku":"NP9781119880868","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119880868.jpg?v=1761786138","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/science-and-philosophy-of-behavior-isbn-9781119880868","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}