on 11/13/99 10:14 AM, Jon Vaughan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I can't trace the interchange between Hebb and Skinner back further, but
> it's plausible that (as I've been told) Hebb's title, "The Organization of
> Behavior" (1949) is a play on Skinner's "The Behavior of Organisms"
> (1938). The Brelands' "The Misbehavior of Organisms" (1961) also comes to
> mind.
That's interesting. I had always understood the Brelands' title as a play on
Skinner, but had never connected Hebb's title with the same thing. Do you
remember any more details about what you heard about that connection? It
wouldn't suprise me--it looks like Skinner & Hebb disagreed about some very
basic issues.
By the way, maybe someone can address something else that's come to mind.
Was there a connection of some kind between Hebb and one or both of the
Milners? I seem to remember that they may have worked together at some time
(in graduate school?), but I don't remember the details.
John
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