SOURCE: “Edward Thorndike: Revolutionary Psychologist, Ambiguous Biologist,” in American Psychologist, Vol. 53, No. 10, October, 1998, pp. 1128-34.
In the following essay, Galef argues that while Thorndike's contributions to the field of comparative psychology as an empiricist are invaluable, his misconceptions about biology remain damaging to his discipline.
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