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THE NATURAL SELECTION: BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AMONG THE NATURAL SCIENCES

THE NATURAL SELECTION: BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AMONG THE NATURAL SCIENCES. M. Jackson Marr School of Psychology Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA 30332-0170 mm27@prism.gatech.edu. SOME CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS. 1. realism vs. pragmatism 2. mechanism vs. contextualism

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THE NATURAL SELECTION: BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AMONG THE NATURAL SCIENCES

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  1. THE NATURAL SELECTION:BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AMONG THE NATURAL SCIENCES M. Jackson Marr School of Psychology Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA 30332-0170 mm27@prism.gatech.edu

  2. SOME CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS • 1. realism vs. pragmatism • 2. mechanism vs. contextualism • 3. The role of terminology in behavior analysis • 4. The role of “unobservables” in a science of behavior • 5. What does “explanation” mean in behavior analysis? • 6. molecular vs. molar: The problem of functional units. • 7. Models, mediations, and states: Theory in behavior analysis. • 8. Independence and reductionism. • 9. What are the relations between basic and applied behavior analysis? • 10. How does behavior analysis apply to other sciences? • 11. Science as verbal behavior boot-strapping

  3. AILUN LECTURE TOPICS • BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AS NATURAL SCIENCE— THE LEGACY OF B.F. SKINNER • CONCEPTS OF CONTINGENCIES • DIMENSION IN ACTION: THE PROBLEM OF BEHAVIORAL UNITS • SYMMETRY • REDUCTIONISM • QUANTITATIVE MODELS AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS • SCIENTIFIC VERBAL BEHAVIOR • CREATIVITY

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