B. F. Skinner, in a chapter on ‘‘Behavior and the Nervous System’’ in his seminal work, The Behavior of Organisms (1938, pp. 418–432), expressed both strong interest in and considerable concern about relating behavior and what he termed ‘‘neurology.’’ On the positive side, he subscribed to a unified reductionist science: ‘‘One of the objectives of science is presumably the statement of all know...

Four major theoretical perspectives on emotion in psychology are described. Examples of the ways in which research on emotion and speech utilize aspects of the various perspectives are presented and a plea is made for students of emotion and speech to consider more self-consciously the place of their research within each of the perspectives. 1. ARE THEORIES OF EMOTION NECESSARY? Fifty years ago...

Nos deteremos aqui sobre a crítica de Matthew Kramer em relação à interpretação Quentin Skinner o conceito “liberdade” Hobbes contida seu artigo “On the Unavoidability of Actions: Skinner, Thomas Hobbes, and Modern Doctrine Negative Liberty” (2001). Nele, trata do então crescente interesse projeto intelectual pelo pensamento hobbesiano, algo já evidenciado desde publicação livro Liberdade Antes...