Behavioral pragmatism: No place for reality and truth

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-202

  Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Behavioral pragmatism; Realism; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034346395     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392010     Document Type: Article

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