{"id":42,"date":"2019-10-18T20:09:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/nthompson\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2023-09-12T20:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:57:07","slug":"reflections-on-behavioral-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/nthompson\/reflections-on-behavioral-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Behavioral Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each of the <\/b>titles<\/u> below links to a paper overview.  When you get to the <\/b>overview<\/b> page, clicking on the “Download” button will download the paper.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1981).   Toward a falsifiable theory of evolution.<\/a>  In P.P.G. Bateson and P.H. Klopfer (Eds.), pp. 51-73, Perspectives in Ethology<\/em>, 4<\/em>. Plenum Publishing.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S.  (1985).  Deception and the concept of behavioral design.<\/a> <\/a> In R.W. Mitchell &N.S. Thompson (Eds.), Deception: Perspectives on Human and Nonhuman Deceit<\/em>. New York: State University of New York Press<\/p>\n

Mitchell, R.W. & Thompson, N.S. (1986).  Deception in play between dogs and people.<\/a> <\/a> In R.W. and N.S. Thompson (Eds.), Deception: Perspectives on Human and Nonhuman Deceit<\/em>.
\nNew York: State University of New York Press, 53\u201365.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1986).  Ethology and the birth of comparative teleonomy.<\/a>  In R. Campan & R. Dayan (Eds.), Relevance of Models and Theories in Ethology<\/em>, 13-23.  Toulouse, France:  Privat, International Ethological Conference.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1987).  Natural design and the future of comparative psychology.<\/a>  International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101<\/em>:3, 282\u2013286, American Psychological Association.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1987).  The misappropriation of teleonomy.<\/a> <\/a> In P.P.G. Bateson & P.H. Klopfer (Eds.), pp. 259\u2013273, Perspectives in Ethology, 6<\/em>.  Plenum Publishing.<\/p>\n

Lipton, P. & Thompson, N.S. (1988).  <\/a>Comparative psychology and the recursive structure of filter explanations.<\/a>  International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1<\/em>:4, 215-244<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1988).  Deception and descriptive mentalism.<\/a>  Commentary in Behavioral and Brain<\/em> <\/u>Sciences, 11<\/em>:2, 266.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1990).  Why would we ever doubt that species are intelligent?!<\/a>  Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 13<\/em>:1, 94.<\/p>\n

Mitchell, R.W. & Thompson, N.S. (1991).  Projects, routines, and enticements in dog-human play. <\/a> In P.P.G. Bateson and Peter H. Klopfer (eds.), pp. 189-215, Perspectives in Ethology, 9<\/em>,.  New York: Plenum Press.<\/p>\n

Derr, P. & Thompson, N.S.  (1992). Reconstruing Hempelian motivational explanation.<\/a>   Behavior and Philosophy, 20<\/em>:1, 37-45.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1993).  Why Alison Gopnik should be a behaviorist<\/a>.  Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 16<\/em>,:1.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1993).  Are some mental states public events?<\/a> Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 16<\/em>:4.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. & Derr, P. (1993).  The intentionality of some ethological terms.<\/a> Behavior and Philosophy<\/em>.  Double issue, 20:<\/em>2 and 21<\/em>:1, 15-23.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1994). The many perils of ejective anthropomorphism.<\/a> <\/em>Behavior and Philosophy<\/em>,
\n22,<\/em> 59-70.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1994).  Vehicles all the way down?<\/a>  Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 17:<\/em>4, 638.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (1995).  Does language arise from a calculus of dominance?<\/a> Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences<\/em>, 18<\/em>(2), 387.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. & Derr, P.G. (1995).  On the use of mental terms in behavioral ecology and sociobiology<\/a>.  Behavior and Philosophy<\/em>, 31-37.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N. S. (1997). Communication and natural design.<\/a> In Thompson, N.S. (Series Ed.). D. Owings. & M. Beecher. (Vol. Eds.), Perspectives in ethology, Vol. 12: Communication<\/em>.  New York: Plenum Press.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. & Derr, P. (2000) Intentionality is the mark of the vital<\/a>. In F. Tonneau and N.S. Thompson, (Eds.), Perspectives in ethology, Vol. 13<\/em>. Evolution, culture, and behavior<\/em>, pp.213-229. New York: Plenum.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (2001). Avoiding vicious circularity requires more than a modicum of care<\/a>. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24<\/em>:3, 557.<\/p>\n

Thompson, N.S. (2002). Adaptation for<\/em>, Exaptation as<\/em>.<\/a> Commentary in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25:4<\/em>, 531-532.<\/p>\n

Barker, G. A., Derr, P. G., Thompson, N. S. (2004). The perils of confusing nesting with chaining in psychological explanations. Behavior and Philosophy, 32<\/em>, 293-303..<\/em><\/p>\n

Strout, S. L., Sokol, R. I., Laird, J. D., & Thompson, N. S. (2004). The evolutionary foundation of perceiving one\u2019s own emotions. Behavior and Philosophy, 32,<\/em> 493-502.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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