Philosophy of science, with special consideration given to behaviorism as the philosophy of the science of behavior

Psychological Record

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-150

  Moore, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothetical construct; Intervening variable; Logical positivism; Mediational neobehaviorism; Operational definition; Philosophy of science; Radical behaviorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349098782     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395698     Document Type: Review

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