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Units of Behavior

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Berent Enç
Berent Enç*
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Department of Philosophy University of Wisconsin-Madison
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1. Introduction. One major concern in cognitive psychology is explaining cognitively motivated behavior. However, attempts to specify the nature of the behavior that psychology is to explain have proved to be somewhat controversial. The aim of this paper is to conduct a preliminary investigation into the kinds of behavior psychology is (or should be) concerned with.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 62 , Issue 4 , December 1995 , pp. 523 - 542
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1995

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This essay has seen many revisions over the last ten years, and I am grateful to the graduate students and my colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for all their help. Special thanks for helping me to revise the most recent versions are due to an anonymous referee of this journal, and to Marc Bekoff, Eric Saidel, Larry Shapiro, Elliott Sober, and Dennis Stampe.

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