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Thomas Bloor <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussions on the writings and lectures of Noam Chomsky <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:57:24 +0000
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Hard to see Skinner as a theorist of mind since he denied its existence -or
at least its scientific validity.

Harvey Wheeler wrote:
>One was Skinner.  Another was Piaget.  I think there were two or three others.
> Maybe Ellul.  The Mind has become an enormous industry.
>
>Would anyone else here like to see those debates revisited in the light of
>intervening research and theory?
>
>It would be very hard to decide on candidates.  At least at the start, Noam
>would be the best one to make the nominations.
>
>I would offer for consideration people like: Pribram, Gardner, Lefebvre,
>Edelman - recent Peirce studies...
>
>Harvey Wheeler

Thomas Bloor
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