Hume's psychology, contemporary learning theory, and the problem of knowledge amplification

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-25

  Wilson, Kelly G ^a   O'Donohue, William T ^b   Hayes, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior analysis; David Hume; Growth of knowledge; Inductive logic; Knowledge amplification; Learning theory; Relational Frame Theory; Stimulus equivalence; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041739018     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(00)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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