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    The challenge from biology to cognitive science
    Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 6 (1): 31-36. 1986.
    Concepts from cognitive science have largely replaced behaviorist concepts as the primary explanatory tools of contemporary psychology. However, cognitive science is not without its critics and shortcomings. It would therefore be a mistake for psychologists to uncritically accept cognitive science as it uncritically accepted the logical positivism that undergirded behaviorism for so many decades. Effective philosophical criticisms of cognitive science have been offered by Searle and Dreyfus. In …Read more
  •  7
    Fundamentals of Cognitive Science draws on research from psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and neuroscience to provide an engaging and student-friendly introduction to this interdisciplinary field. Whilst structured around traditional cognitive psychology, the book also looks at cognitive neuroscience, and magic.
  • Operationism and Ideology: Reply to Kendler
    Journal of Mind and Behavior 4 (1). 1983.
  • Operationism Still Isn't Real: A Temporary Reply to Kendler
    Journal of Mind and Behavior 2 (3). 1981.
  • On Having Purpose and Explaining It, Too
    Journal of Mind and Behavior 8 (2). 1987.
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    A History Of Behavior
    Journal of Mind and Behavior 14 (4): 345-354. 1993.
    The paper traces the development of the term behavior from its first appearance in the English language to the nineteenth century, showing that its primary meaning was always morally tinged. In late nineteenth century America, however, conceptions of morality shifted from being defined by transcendental rules to being defined by deviations from statistical norms. At the same time, the focus of psychology shifted from the study of consciousness to what organisms do, and psychologists redefined th…Read more
  •  7
    Waiting for Newton
    Journal of Mind and Behavior 16 (1): 9-20. 1995.
    Argues that Newton's influence on psychology has been broad and profound, if not always acknowledged. From the Enlightenment onward, most philosophers and psychologists have tried to be "Newtons of the Mind," trying to do psychology as Newton did physics, stressing mathematics and mechanism. No Newton has arrived in psychology, but we go on waiting nonetheless. But Newton's influence has been deeper than this, because he defined the modern style in science and ushered in a revolutionary concept …Read more
  •  18
    Observational learning in Gallus gallus domesticus with and without a conspecific model
    with Suzanne B. Johnson and Robert J. Hamm
    Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 24 (3): 237-239. 1986.
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    Gestalt psychology
    In Thomas Baldwin (ed.), Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 377-383. 2003.