This paper defends the relevance of Taylor's (1964) critique of S-R behaviorism to Skinner's model of operant conditioning. In particular, it is argued against Ringen (1976) that the model of operant ...

Philosophy of Science, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Jun., 1976), pp. 223-253 (31 pages) B. F. Skinner's claim that "operant behavior is essentially the field of purpose" is systematically explored. It is argued ...