Who Has the Last Word? Radical Behaviorism, Science, and Verbal Behavior about Verbal Behavior
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عنوان ژورنال: Perspectives on Behavior Science
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2520-8969,2520-8977
DOI: 10.1007/s40614-020-00249-9