Some further thoughts on the pragmatic and behavioral conception of private events

Behavior and Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Moore, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eliminativism; Methodological behaviorism; Ontology; Pragmatism; Quine; Radical behaviorism; Skinner

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949935824     PISSN: 10538348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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