About Behaviorism, Chapter 14: Summing Up, Quote 32

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About Behaviorism, Chapter 14: Summing Up, Quote 32

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Post published:November 6, 2017
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“Knowing the basic principles without knowing the details of a practical problem is no closer to a solution than knowing the details without knowing the basic principles.” (p. 276)

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The pathological condition of verbal behavior called aphasia often emphasizes functional differences which are hard to understand in terms of the traditional account … The aphasic has lost some of the functional relationships which control his verbal behavior. A response of a given form may no longer be under the control of one functional relation, although it is still under the control of another. (p. 190)
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“Knowing the basic principles without knowing the details of a practical problem is no closer to a solution than knowing the details without knowing the basic principles.” (p. 276)

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