Upon Further Reflection. Chapter 1: Why We Are Not Acting to Save the World. Quote 9

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Upon Further Reflection. Chapter 1: Why We Are Not Acting to Save the World. Quote 9

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“Where prediction and control are not yet possible, one must turn to interpretation. That is standard scientific practice.” (p. 9)

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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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“Where prediction and control are not yet possible, one must turn to interpretation. That is standard scientific practice.” (p. 9)

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