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Behavior, Purpose and Teleology

Rosenblueth, Arturo, Wiener, Norbert, Bigelow, Julian·1943·Philosophy of Science
DOI 10.1086/286788
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This essay has two goals. The first is to define the behavioristic study of natural events and to classify behavior. The second is to stress the importance of the concept of purpose. Given any object, relatively abstracted from its surroundings for study, the behavioristic approach consists in the examination of the output of the object and of the relations of this output to the input. By output is meant any change produced in the surroundings by the object. By input, conversely, is meant any event external to the object that modifies this object in any manner.

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Authors
Rosenblueth, A., Wiener, N., & Bigelow, J.
Venue
Philosophy of Science
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1943-01
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
18-24
ISSN
  • 0031-8248 (ISSN-L)
  • 1539-767X
DOI
10.1086/286788
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W2022305914
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1,565
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18.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
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