The new behaviorism : mind, mechanism, and society /
John Staddon
- Philadelphia, PA : Psychology Press, c2001
- xv, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
1. The origins of behaviorism. - 2. Radical behaviorism, I : experimental foundations. - 3. Radical behaviorism, II : animal models. - 4. The philosophy of radical behaviorism. - 5. Radical behaviorism and society. - 6. Mind and mechanism : the new behaviorism. - 7. Internal states. - 8. Consciousness and theoretical behaviorism. - Postscript : Alchemy of the mind. - Appendix : Skinner on scientific method. - References. - Author Index. - Subject Index.
"This new, much-enlarged book is in three parts. The first part (chapter 1 and part of chapter 2) is an abbreviated history of behaviorism, from its earliest antecedents in Baconian natural science through pragmatism and Watson to Skinnerian radical behaviorism, the most active variety today. The second part (chapter 2-5) is an exposition and critique of radical behaviorism. Chapter 4 discusses the philosophy of radical behaviorism, and chapter 5 discusses Skinner's attempts to apply is to social and legal issues. In both these chapters, [the author] have attempted to place Skinner's rather insular views within a wider context of social, legal and political thought. ... "- Preface.