Explanation in the Behavioural Sciences
Published on 22. May 1975
Book
Paperback/Softback
536 pages
978-0-521-09905-9 (ISBN)
Description
There are sharp differences among psychologists, sociologists, philosophers and others concerned with the behavioural and social sciences, not simply about the adequacy of particular explanatory systems, but about the very forms of explanation appropriate in this field. The editors have therefore invited a number of distinguished contributors to bring their views into direct confrontation - each chapter takes the form of an exposition, a comment and a final reply by the first author. This volume was first published in 1970.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
861 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-09905-9 (9780521099059)
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Robert Borger | Frank Cioffi
Explanation in the Behavioural Sciences
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11/1970
Cambridge University Press
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Robert Borger | Frank Cioffi
Explanation in the Behavioural Sciences
Book
11/1970
Cambridge University Press
€68.09
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Content
Editor's Preface; Notes on contributors; 1. Reasons and Causes Stephen Toulmin; Comment R. S. Peters; Reply Stephen Toulmin; 2. The explanation of purposive behaviour Charles Taylor; Comment Robert Borger; Reply Charles Taylor; 3. Is the brain a physical system? N. S. Sutherland; Comment J. H. Grundy; Comment N. S. Sutherland; 4. Conditioning and behaviour D. W. Hamlyn; Comment A. J. Watson; Reply D. W. Hamlyn; 5. Imperfect rationality John Watkins; Comment Alan Donagan; Reply John Watkins; 6. Understanding and explanation in sociology and social anthropology I. C. Jarvie; Comment Peter Winch; Reply I. C. Jarvie; 7. Situational individualism and the emergent group-properties J. O. Wisdom; Comment Robert Brown; Reply J. O. Wisdom; 8. The relevance of psychology to the explanation of social phenomena George C. Homans; Comment Peter M. Blau; Reply George C. Homans; 9. The Skinnerian analysis of behaviour R. A. Boakes and M. S. Halliday; Comment Karl H. Pribram; Reply R. A. Boakes and M. S. Halliday; 10. Explanation and the concept of personality H. J. Eysenck; Comment D. Bannister; Reply H. J. Eysenck; 11. Problems of explanation in linguistics Noam Chomsky; Comment Max Black; Reply Noam Chomsky; 12. Freud and the idea of a pseudo-science Frank Cioffi; Comment B. A. Farrell; Reply Frank Cioffi; Index.