On Chomsky's appraisal of Skinner's Verbal Behavior: A half century of misunderstanding

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-267

  Palmer, David C ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chomsky; MacCorquodale; Skinner; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; WRITING;

EID: 33845500979     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392134     Document Type: Review

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