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THE STATE OF THE ART AND THE FATE OF THE EARTH

Author(s) -

Mook Douglas G.

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

journal of the experimental analysis of behavior

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1938-3711

pISSN - 0022-5002

DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1983.40-343

Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , action (physics) , context (archaeology) , psychology , cognitive science , cognition , epistemology , extinction (optical mineralogy) , cognitive psychology , computer science , history , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , philosophy , biology , archaeology , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics

A recent review by Nevin of Jonathan Schell's The Fate of the Earth applies a “behavioral perspective” to the problem of species survival in a nuclear age. It is suggested that no perspective, in this context as in others where less is at stake, should dismiss prematurely some useful ideas from other perspectives. A sampling of “cognitive” concepts is offered to illustrate what actions, aimed at resisting species extinction, might follow from them—not instead of, but in addition to, the guidelines for action a behavioral perspective provides.

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