Skinner: From essentialist to selectionist meaning

Behavior and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-119

  Moxley, Roy A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Meaning; Natural selection; Pragmatism; Selection by consequences; Skinner

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007219277     PISSN: 10538348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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