Is the operant contingency enough for a science of purposive behavior?

Behavior and Philosophy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 197-229

  Timberlake, William ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal stance; Definitional system; Discriminative stimulus; Niche related mechanisms; Operant; Operant contingency; Proper function; Purposive behavior; Reinforcer; Tuning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644754566     PISSN: 10538348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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