A critique of psychologist B. F. Skinner’s Beyond Freedom and Dignity
B. F. Skinner (1909-1990) was a prominent professor of psychology at Harvard (1958-1974) and a founder of Operant and Behavioral Psychology. I revisited his work while researching my paper, “Violence, mental illness and the brain — A brief history of psychosurgery” for Surgical Neurology International (SNI). Although more than 40 years have elapsed since publication …
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