Behaviorism; a battle line

Foreword

WE have entirely failed to discern the signs of the times if there is not a very general desire for a discussion of Behaviorism, such asisset forth in this volume. Surprise has been expressed that the Editor should have succeeded in getting together in a Symposium so many distinguished authorities.

The writers are given a free hand, and there are some divergences of views.

The position, however, in common is against materialistic Behaviorism.

At the close of the volume will be found a general Bibliography, and also the Bibliography of the several authors who have participated in the discussion in this Symposium.

Valuable suggestions by several of the contributors have been used. Special acknowledgment is made to Dr. Edgar S. Brightman for the arrangement of the chapters, which is doubtless as logical as could be expected in a symposium of this kind. I am also indebted to Dr. Josiah Morse for his ready consent to change from a chapter discussion and write the Introduction.

Gratitude is due Mr. Curtis B. Haley for his indispensable service in criticizing the manuscript and reading the final proofs.

We wish to express our hearty gratitude to the several publishers who readily gave permission for the use of quotations from their publications. Readers who desire to pursue the subject would do well to secure several of these volumes. Wars 6

PU EE EPR DN S ole cah Gr lie Ree Uy) a OMT as ti MUD 2 By William P. King, D.D., Book Editor and Editor of the Quarterly Review, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

By Josiah Morse, Ph.D., University of South Caro lina, Columbia

Part I THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIORISM

I. THE PsycHoLoGy THEY TEACH IN NEw YorRE. By William McDougall, D.Sc., Duke University, Durham, N. C.

Il. BEHAVIORISM AND BEHAVIOR................ By Charles C. Josey, Ph.D., University of South Dakota, Vermillion ,

III. METHOD IN PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORISM. . By A. W. Centner, Ph.D. (Louvain), Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio

IV. METHODOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY............. By Herbert C. Sanborn, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.

V. BEHAVIORISM—A BATTLE LINE............. 124

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