Pavlov and the Book
Craig Clark
CLARK at SHEPFS2.UND.AC.ZA
Mon Nov 4 09:18:12 CST 1996
Tom Stanton wrote:
>
> Not an expert, but it appears TRP is making liberal use of Pavlov
> because B.F. Skinner's work on behavioralism doesn't really become
> current until after WW2.
...mebbe Pointsman is meant to be a parody of Skinner? Just how did
BF spend the war anyway?
Craig Clark
"Living inside the system is like driving across
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- Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"
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