ABOUT BEHAVIORISM

Skinner, B. F. [Association Copy Signed To Edward O. Wilson]

ISBN 10: 0394492013 / ISBN 13: 9780394492018

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1974

About this Item

Book condition is Near Fine; with a Near Fine dust jacket. Minimal edge wear to jacket. Weak crease to jacket crown at front panel. Small set of weak stains inside front cover. Text is clean and unmarked. First Edition is stated. A wonderful association, inscribed "Ed Wilson kindred spirit," providing an affectionate snippet of the relationship between these two major figures in the history of the natural sciences. Both men spent time at Harvard. Though Freud could be said to be the most paradigmatic figure of modern psychology, Skinner could be said to be equally influential as one of the founders of behaviorism and a major figure in the establishment of psychology as an empirical science. Signed and inscribed by the author, B. F. Skinner, to Pulitzer-winning naturalist Edward (Ed) Wilson. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages.

Seller Inventory # 17399

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ABOUT BEHAVIORISM
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394492013
• ISBN 13: 9780394492018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed by.
  • Psychology

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Synopsis

The nature and importance of the controversial philosophy of behaviorism are viewed by its leading exponent

From the Back Cover

"A much more effective work than Beyond Freedom and Dignity precisely because it takes more seriously the tradition (or the historical prejudices) of its opposition."

-- Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times<

"About Behaviorism is an opportunity to match wits with one of the great men of psychology and to participate in some of its great debates."

-- James B. Rule, Newsday

"The battle over Skinner's ideas is just beginning. It promises to be one of the most interesting contests of our generation."

-- Gail Boyer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch