Some early similarities and later differences between Bertrand Russell and B. F. Skinner

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-130

  Moxley, Roy A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinism; Evolution; Future community; Mathematics; Positivism; Pragmatism; Russell; Skinner; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WRITING;

EID: 0037795619     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392070     Document Type: Review

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