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53Review of The Natural and the Normative by Gary Hatfield (review)Philosophy of Science 62 (2): 334-335. 1995.
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40Toward Unification in Psychology: The First Banff Conference on Theoretical Psychology. Joseph R. RoycePhilosophy of Science 40 (3): 461-463. 1973.
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42The Epistemology of Folk EpistemologyAnalysis 79 (3): 521-530. 2019.The question, What is Folk Epistemology?, is a question receiving increasing attention, but one that still awaits a sustained answer. In the present work by Mikkel Gerken,1 1 we have a somewhat different question discussed: What should FE be?
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9Behavioral Technology or ScienceProceedings of the XVth World Congress of Philosophy 1 327-330. 1973.
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NILSSON, S., PRAGLOWSKI, J. and NILSSON, L. Atlas of Airborne Pollen Grains and Spores in Northern EuropeScientia 73 (14): 107. 1979.
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20Against Behaviouralism: A Critique of Behavioural SciencePhilosophy of the Social Sciences 12 (4): 445-448. 1982.
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11Book Reviews : Analytical Philosophy of Action. ARTHUR C. DANTO. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, I973. Pp. xii+220. $I3.50 (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 5 (2): 233-236. 1975.
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61The ethical foundations of behavior therapyEthics and Behavior 1 (4). 1991.In this article, I am concerned with the ethical foundations of behavior therapy, that is, with the normative ethics and the meta-ethics underlying behavior therapy. In particular, I am concerned with questions concerning the very possibility of providing an ethical justification for things done in the context of therapy. Because behavior therapists must be able to provide an ethical justification for various actions (if the need arises), certain meta-ethical views widely accepted by behavior th…Read more
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46Piaget's epistemic subject and science education: Epistemological vs. psychological issuesScience & Education 2 (2): 137-148. 1993.
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14Genetic epistemology and cognitive psychology of scienceIn William T. O'Donohue & Richard F. Kitchener (eds.), The Philosophy of Psychology, Sage Publications. pp. 66. 1996.
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7Psychology and Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Problems and Responses (edited book)Allyn & Bacon. 1995.
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2Review of Muriel Seltman: Piaget's logic: a critique of genetic epistemology (review)British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 42 (2): 285-290. 1991.
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231Is genetic epistemology possible?British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 38 (3): 283-299. 1987.Several philosophers have questioned the possibility of a genetic epistemology, an epistemology concerned with the developmental transitions between successive states of knowledge in the individual person. Since most arguments against the possibility of a genetic epistemology crucially depend upon a sharp distinction between the genesis of an idea and its justification, I argue that current philosophy of science raises serious questions about the universal validity of this distinction. Then I di…Read more
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75Bertrand Russell's naturalistic epistemologyPhilosophy 82 (1): 115-146. 2007.Bertrand Russell is widely considered to be one of the founders of analytic philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of science. Individuals have usually stressed his early philosophical contributions as seminal in this regards. But Russell also had another side–a naturalistic side–leading him towards a naturalistic epistemology and naturalistic philosophy of science of the type Quine later made famous. My goal is to provide an outline of Russell's naturalistic epistemology and the underlying ph…Read more
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6Against Behaviouralism: A Critique of Behavioural Science (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 12 (4): 445-448. 1982.
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239The nature and scope of genetic epistemologyPhilosophy of Science 48 (3): 400-415. 1981.Although the theory of Jean Piaget is correctly characterized as genetic epistemology, its nature and scope remain unclear and controversial. An examination of Piaget's Introduction a l'epistemologie genetique indicates that Piaget relies heavily upon a model of comparative anatomy and, consequently, that genetic epistemology is about both the history of science and individual development. This biological model seems to be the basis for Piaget's view that the history of science can be seen as a …Read more
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43Genetic epistemology, equilibration and the rationality of scientific changeStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 18 (3): 339-366. 1987.
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20B. F. Skinner: The Butcher, the Baker, the Behavior-ShaperPSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1972. 1972.
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3The Cambridge Companion to PiagetCambridge University Press. 2009.The Cambridge Companion to Piaget provides a comprehensive introduction to different aspects of Jean Piaget's work.
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62The philosophy of psychology (edited book)Sage Publications. 1996.This essential book provides a comprehensive explanation of the key topics and debates arising in the philosophy of psychology. In editors William O'Donohue and Richard Kitchener's thoughtful examination, philosophy and psychology converge on several themes of great importance such as the foundations of knowledge, the nature of science, rationality, behaviorism, cognitive science, folk psychology, neuropsychology, psychoanalysis, professionalism, and research ethics. The Philosophy of Psychology…Read more
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14Skinner's theory of theoriesIn William T. O'Donohue & Richard F. Kitchener (eds.), The Philosophy of Psychology, Sage Publications. pp. 108--125. 1996.
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101Logical Positivism, Naturalistic Epistemology, and the Foundations of PsychologyBehavior and Philosophy 32 (1). 2004.According to the standard account, logical positivism was the philosophical foundation of psychological neo-behaviorism. Smith (1986) has questioned this interpretation, suggesting that neo-behaviorism drew its philosophical inspiration from a different tradition, one more in keeping with naturalistic epistemology. Smith does not deny, however, the traditional interpretation of the philosophy of logical positivism, which sets it apart from naturalistic epistemology. In this article I suggest (fo…Read more
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28Developmental ExplanationsReview of Metaphysics 36 (4). 1983.ALTHOUGH the nature of scientific explanation has been a topic much discussed by philosophers of science, one type of scientific explanation has received scant attention. In several of the sciences one often encounters a developmental explanation, an attempt, according to Woodward, "to explain why a system is in a certain stage of development by reference to a developmental 'law' which describes an orderly sequence of stages which systems of that kind go through."
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Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Meta-Ethics |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
General Philosophy of Science |