Explanation in the Behavioural Sciences

Editor's Preface; Notes on contributors; 1. Reasons and Causes Stephen Toulmin; Comment R. S. Peters; Reply Stephen Toulmin; 2. The explanation of purposive behaviour Charles Taylor; Comment Robert Borger; Reply Charles Taylor; 3. Is the brain a physical system? N. S. Sutherland; Comment J. H. Grundy; Comment N. S. Sutherland; 4. Conditioning and behaviour D. W. Hamlyn; Comment A. J. Watson; Reply D. W. Hamlyn; 5. Imperfect rationality John Watkins; Comment Alan Donagan; Reply John Watkins; 6. Understanding and explanation in sociology and social anthropology I. C. Jarvie; Comment Peter Winch; Reply I. C. Jarvie; 7. Situational individualism and the emergent group-properties J. O. Wisdom; Comment Robert Brown; Reply J. O. Wisdom; 8. The relevance of psychology to the explanation of social phenomena George C. Homans; Comment Peter M. Blau; Reply George C. Homans; 9. The Skinnerian analysis of behaviour R. A. Boakes and M. S. Halliday; Comment Karl H. Pribram; Reply R. A. Boakes and M. S. Halliday; 10. Explanation and the concept of personality H. J. Eysenck; Comment D. Bannister; Reply H. J. Eysenck; 11. Problems of explanation in linguistics Noam Chomsky; Comment Max Black; Reply Noam Chomsky; 12. Freud and the idea of a pseudo-science Frank Cioffi; Comment B. A. Farrell; Reply Frank Cioffi; Index.