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Margaret A. Boden Purposive explanation in psychology. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1972. 408 pp. $13.50. - William T. Powers Behavior: the control of perception. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1973, xi + 296 pp. $12.50.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Thomas W. Simon
Thomas W. Simon*
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University of Florida
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , March 1975 , pp. 103 - 106
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Copyright © 1975 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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References

1 Miller, G. A., Galanter, E., and Pribram, K. H. Plans and the Structure of Behavior. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960.

2 Powers, W. T., Clark, R. K., McFarland, R. I., “A General Feedback Theory of Human Behavior,” General Systems, Vol. V, 1960, pp. 63–83.

3 Bruner, J. S., Goodnow, J. J., Austin, G. A., A Study of Thinking, New York: John Wiley, 1956.

4 Miller, G. A., Galanter, E., and Pribram, K. H. Plans and the Structure of Behavior.

5 Newell, A., Shaw, J., and Simon, H. “Chess-playing Programs and The Problem of Complexity.” In Computers and Thought. Edited by E. Feigenbaum and J. Feldman. New York: McGraw Hill, 1963.