Dave Palmer and David Roth continue their conversation on Skinner's On "Having" a Poem and provide additional responses to Noam Chomsky's appraisal of Skinner's Verbal Behavior.
In Season 2, David Roth and Dave Palmer discuss supplemental material added to the Extended Edition of Verbal Behavior. In the first episode, David and Dave discuss a paper On "Having" a Poem and dive into Skinner's understanding of the creative process. The episode features Skinner's voice from the recording of the talk On "Having" a Poem.
Dave Palmer and David Roth wrap up their conversation on Skinner's Verbal Behavior with a discussion of Chapter 19, Thinking, Two Personal Epilogues, and Appendix: The Verbal Community. Dave and David will be back soon in Season 2, with dialogues on the additional material found in the Extended Edition of Verbal Behavior, recently published by the B. F. Skinner Foundation.
Dave Palmer and David Roth discuss Chapter 18 of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior, Logical and Scientific Verbal Behavior.
Dave Palmer and David Roth discuss Chapter 17 of Verbal Behavior, Self-Strengthening of Verbal Behavior and analyze how speakers manipulate their own behavior .
Dave Palmer and David Roth discuss Chapter 16 of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior, Special Conditions of Self-Editing.
Dave Palmer and David Roth move on to Part V of Verbal Behavior, The Production of Verbal Behavior. Chapter 15, Self-Editing is discussed.
Dave Palmer and David Roth discuss Chapter 14 of Verbal Behavior, Composition and Its Effects.
Dave Palmer and David Roth analyze Chapter 13 of Verbal Behavior, Grammar and Syntax as Autoclitic Process.
In this episode, Dave Palmer and David Roth start the conversation on Part IV of the Verbal Behavior, The Manipulation of Verbal Behavior. Chapter 12, The Autoclitic, is discussed.
Dave Palmer and David Roth wrap up the discussion on Chapter 11 of Verbal Behavior, New Combinations of Fragmentary Responses.
David Palmer and Dave Roth discuss Chapter 10 of Skinner's Verbal Behavior, Supplementary Stimulation.
Co-hosts start a discussion on Part III of Verbal Behavior, Multiple Variables. Chapter 9, Multiple Causation, is analyzed.
Dave Palmer and David Roth wrap up their discussion on Part II of Verbal Behavior, Controlling Variables, by addressing the issues raised in Chapter 8, The Verbal Operant as a Unit of Analysis.
Dave Palmer and David Roth talk about Chapter 7 of Verbal Behavior, The Audience.
Dave Palmer and David Roth discuss Chapter 6 of Verbal Behavior, Special Conditions Affecting Stimulus Control.
Dave Palmer and David Roth move on to Chapter 5 of Verbal Behavior, The Tact.
Chapter 4, Verbal Behavior Under the Control of Verbal Stimuli, is analyzed.
Discussion moves to Part II of the book, Controlling Variables. Dave Palmer and David Roth talk about Chapter 3, The Mand.
Dave Palmer and David Roth wrap up the conversation on Part I of Verbal Behavior, A Program. Chapter 2, General Problems, is discussed.