{"product_id":"science-and-philosophy-of-behavior-by-william-m-baum-9781119880868","title":"Science and Philosophy of Behavior","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScience and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers\u003c\/em\u003e by distinguished researcher W. M. Baum delivers an expansive collection of incisive papers setting out a new paradigm of thinking about behaviour. The book offers only articles that put forward a philosophical and theoretical framework for an effective natural science of behaviour. Quantitative analysis is largely avoided (except for a paper on, of all things, avoidance).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrganised into three parts, the author explains the flow-like nature of behaviour and its link to evolution, as well as descriptions of a pure form of behaviourism that correct some flaws in B.F. Skinner's seminal works. The book also links behaviourism to anthropology in its final section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will also find:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFulsome descriptions of the molar nature of behaviour and why the molecular view is misguided\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRe-imaginations of the concept of reinforcement, including considerations of allocation, induction, and contingency\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExplorations of the links between behaviour analysis and Darwinian evolutionary processes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn essential critique—and reorganisation—of behaviour theory and philosophy, \u003cem\u003eScience and Philosophy of Behavior: Selected Papers\u003c\/em\u003e is a controversial, fascinating, and eye-opening journey through a half-century of transformational work in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48147730596076,"sku":"9781119880868","price":94.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781119880868-science-and-philosophy-of-behavior.jpg?v=1786451725","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/science-and-philosophy-of-behavior-by-william-m-baum-9781119880868","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}