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How Hume's Philosophy Informed Radical Behaviorism. [PDF]

open access: yesBehav Anal, 2015
The present paper analyzes consistencies between the philosophical systems of David Hume and B. F. Skinner, focusing on their conceptualization of causality and attitudes about scientific behavior. The ideas that Hume initially advanced were further developed in Skinner's writings and shaped the behavior-analytic approach to scientific behavior ...
Nuzzolilli AE, Diller JW.
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Epistemological barriers to radical behaviorism. [PDF]

open access: yesBehav Anal, 1998
The historian and philosopher of science Gaston Bachelard proposed the concept of epistemological barriers to describe the intellectual challenges encountered by scientists in their work. In order to embrace novel ways of approaching a problem in science, scientists must overcome barriers or obstacles posed by their prior views.
O'Donohue WT   +2 more
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Probability and radical behaviorism. [PDF]

open access: yesBehav Anal, 1992
The concept of probability appears to be very important in the radical behaviorism of Skinner. Yet, it seems that this probability has not been accurately defined and is still ambiguous. I give a strict, relative frequency interpretation of probability and its applicability to the data from the science of behavior as supplied by cumulative records. Two
Espinosa JM.
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Radical behaviorism and buddhism: complementarities and conflicts. [PDF]

open access: yesBehav Anal, 2008
Comparisons have been made between Buddhism and the philosophy of science in general, but there have been only a few attempts to draw comparisons directly with the philosophy of radical behaviorism. The present review therefore considers heretofore unconsidered points of comparison between Buddhism and radical behaviorism in terms of their respective ...
Diller JW, Lattal KA.
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Radical behaviorism and the subjective-objective distinction. [PDF]

open access: yesBehav Anal, 1995
The distinction between subjective and objective domains is central to traditional psychology, including the various forms of mediational stimulus-organism-response neobehaviorism that treat the elements of a subjective domain as hypothetical constructs. Radical behaviorism has its own unique perspective on the subjective-objective distinction.
Moore J.
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B.F. Skinner and World Behavior Analysis Day

open access: yesАутизм и нарушение развития, 2021
The World Behavior Analysis Day was held in 2021 for the first time, raising the public awareness about this actively developing scientific discipline. This date, March 20 was chosen to commemorate the birthday of Burrhus Frederick Skinner, an
E.V. Khilkevich
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WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT SKINNER, THIRTY YEARS ON? [PDF]

open access: yesPapeles del Psicólogo, 2021
The thirtieth anniversary of Skinner’s death is taken as an occasion to visualize his presence in psychology today and remember some of his greatest contributions.
Marino Pérez Alvarez
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Contributions of a “Brazilianized” Radical Behaviorist Theory of Subjectivity to the Feminist Debate on Women

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2023
An essentialist view of gender and an individualistic concept of subjectivity have distanced psychological theories from emancipatory feminist projects.
Carolina Laurenti
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