Effectiveness as truth criterion in behavior analysis

Behavior and Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-80

  Tourinho, Emmanuel Zagury ^a   Neno, Simone ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Pragmatism; Prediction and control; Radical behaviorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149118536     PISSN: 10538348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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