B.F. Skinner's OPERANT BEHAVIOURISM and SELECTION BY CONSEQUENCES ~ a critical assessment ~ "Reproduction was itself a first consequence, and it led, through natural selection, to the evolution of cells, organs, and organisms which reproduced themselves under increasingly diverse conditions. What we call behavior evolved as a set of functions furthering the interchange between organism and environment." -B.F. Skinner, Selection by Consequences- PHIL 225/02-1 First paper - 00/10/19 Known to some as the most influential American …showed first 75 words of 1548 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1548 total…of Behavior Bibliography 1. The Science of the Mind (2nd Ed.). By Owen Flanagan, 1991, M.I.T. 2. The Selection of Behavior, The Operant Behaviorism of B.F. Skinner: Comments and Consequences. Edited by Catani and Harnad, 1988, Cambridge University Press. Bibliography Bibliography 1. The Science of the Mind (2nd Ed.). By Owen Flanagan, 1991, M.I.T. 2. The Selection of Behavior, The Operant Behaviorism of B.F. Skinner: Comments and Consequences. Edited by Catani and Harnad, 1988, Cambridge University Press.