Behavior, Purpose and Teleology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10706571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arturo Rosenblueth, Norbert Wiener (Harvard University), Julian Bigelow (Harvard University) |
| Year | 1943 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-24 |
| Publication date | 1943-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/286788 |
| OpenAlex | W2022305914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 226 |
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. Given any object, relatively abstracted from its surroundings for study, the behavioristic approach consists in the examination of the output of the object and of the relations of this output to the input. By output is meant any change produced in the surroundings by the object. By input, conversely, is meant any event external to the object that modifies this object in any manner
Epistemology · Event (particle physics) · Generality · Natural (archaeology) · Object (grammar) · Physics · Teleology · Artificial Intelligence · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · History · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 226 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,9 |
| Citation span | 1948 - 2026 (79) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 193 |