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Thompson, N.S. (1981). Toward a falsifiable theory of evolution. In P.P.G. Bateson and P.H. Klopfer (Eds.), pp. 51-73, Perspectives in Ethology, 4. Plenum Publishing.
Thompson, N.S. (1985). Deception and the concept of behavioral design. In R.W. Mitchell &N.S. Thompson (Eds.), Deception: Perspectives on Human and Nonhuman Deceit. New York: State University of New York Press
Mitchell, R.W. & Thompson, N.S. (1986). Deception in play between dogs and people. In R.W. and N.S. Thompson (Eds.), Deception: Perspectives on Human and Nonhuman Deceit.
New York: State University of New York Press, 53–65.
Thompson, N.S. (1986). Ethology and the birth of comparative teleonomy. In R. Campan & R. Dayan (Eds.), Relevance of Models and Theories in Ethology, 13-23. Toulouse, France: Privat, International Ethological Conference.
Thompson, N.S. (1987). Natural design and the future of comparative psychology. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101:3, 282–286, American Psychological Association.
Thompson, N.S. (1987). The misappropriation of teleonomy. In P.P.G. Bateson & P.H. Klopfer (Eds.), pp. 259–273, Perspectives in Ethology, 6. Plenum Publishing.
Lipton, P. & Thompson, N.S. (1988). Comparative psychology and the recursive structure of filter explanations. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1:4, 215-244
Thompson, N.S. (1988). Deception and descriptive mentalism. Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 11:2, 266.
Thompson, N.S. (1990). Why would we ever doubt that species are intelligent?! Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 13:1, 94.
Mitchell, R.W. & Thompson, N.S. (1991). Projects, routines, and enticements in dog-human play. In P.P.G. Bateson and Peter H. Klopfer (eds.), pp. 189-215, Perspectives in Ethology, 9,. New York: Plenum Press.
Derr, P. & Thompson, N.S. (1992). Reconstruing Hempelian motivational explanation. Behavior and Philosophy, 20:1, 37-45.
Thompson, N.S. (1993). Why Alison Gopnik should be a behaviorist. Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 16,:1.
Thompson, N.S. (1993). Are some mental states public events? Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 16:4.
Thompson, N.S. & Derr, P. (1993). The intentionality of some ethological terms. Behavior and Philosophy. Double issue, 20:2 and 21:1, 15-23.
Thompson, N.S. (1994). The many perils of ejective anthropomorphism. Behavior and Philosophy,
22, 59-70.
Thompson, N.S. (1994). Vehicles all the way down? Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 17:4, 638.
Thompson, N.S. (1995). Does language arise from a calculus of dominance? Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 18(2), 387.
Thompson, N.S. & Derr, P.G. (1995). On the use of mental terms in behavioral ecology and sociobiology. Behavior and Philosophy, 31-37.
Thompson, N. S. (1997). Communication and natural design. In Thompson, N.S. (Series Ed.). D. Owings. & M. Beecher. (Vol. Eds.), Perspectives in ethology, Vol. 12: Communication. New York: Plenum Press.
Thompson, N.S. & Derr, P. (2000) Intentionality is the mark of the vital. In F. Tonneau and N.S. Thompson, (Eds.), Perspectives in ethology, Vol. 13. Evolution, culture, and behavior, pp.213-229. New York: Plenum.
Thompson, N.S. (2001). Avoiding vicious circularity requires more than a modicum of care. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24:3, 557.
Thompson, N.S. (2002). Adaptation for, Exaptation as. Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25:4, 531-532.
Barker, G. A., Derr, P. G., Thompson, N. S. (2004). The perils of confusing nesting with chaining in psychological explanations. Behavior and Philosophy, 32, 293-303..
Strout, S. L., Sokol, R. I., Laird, J. D., & Thompson, N. S. (2004). The evolutionary foundation of perceiving one’s own emotions. Behavior and Philosophy, 32, 493-502.