Archive | 2019
Perspectives on behavioral science : the Colorado lectures
Abstract
Part 1 Behavoural science in perspective: perspectives on behavioural science, Richard Jessor metaphysics and methodology, Rom Harre. Part 2 Views from the disciplines: mind as machine - the cognitive revolution in behavioural science, Herbert A. Simon psychology and the decline of positivism - the case for human science, M.Brewster Smith anthropology - ships that crash in the night, Marvin Harris sociology - retrospect and prospect, Neil J. Smelser toward a behavioural science of world politics, J.David Singer. Part 3 Behavioural science at the boundary: language and other cognitive systems, Noam Chomsky health and behaviour - an evolutionary perspective on contemporary problems, David A. Hamburg an uneasy partnership - law and the behavioural sciences, Stanton Wheeler. Part 4 Behavioural science and world problems - the social sciences and the population problem, Samuel H. Preston a behavioural science perspective on the study of war and peace, Herbert C. Kelman greenhouse gases, Nile snails and human choice, Gilbert F. White. Part 5 Conclusion: behavioural science - an emerging paradigm for social inquiry, Richard Jessor.