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Do Theories Have to be Testable to be Scientific?
[Mike Dubbeld] (apparently quoting Skinner)
| You are the product of your environment. [Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren] | and where does he say that? [Bob White] | Ferster and Skinner demonstrated that bhavior is determined by the | contingencies of reinforcement from the environment acting upon the genetic | heritage of the organism. See _Schedules of Reinforcement_ by B. F. | Skinner, Carl D. Cheney, W. H. Morse, P. B. Dews, Charles B. Ferster where exactly here does Skinner state that we are products of our environment? [Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren] | why do you assume that Skinner studied philosophy, physiology and | neurology? why did he put so much emphasis on the biological makeup of | the organism? [Bob White] | On the contrary, for Ferster and Skinner, et al, the emphasis is on | the experimental variable, "contingencies of reinforcement from the | environment." The variable, "genetic heritage (biological makeup)" is | a variable that has been controled for in the experiments | demonstrating that behavior is determined by the contingencies of | reinforcement. where does Skinner state that "behavior is determined by the contingencies of reinforcement"? exactly where does he use the word _determined_? -- Rolf Lindgren http://www.roffe.com/ |
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