Behavior, Purpose and Teleology

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Academic Article

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.

Bibliographic Details

AuthorsArturo Rosenblueth, Norbert Wiener, Julian Bigelow
Date1943
DOI10.1086/286788

Referenced Terms

Teleological behavior - Behavior, Purpose and Teleology 1943

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