Attempts to derive a symbolic function from the principle of conditioning (or association) have been characterized by a very superficial analysis. It is simply not true that an organism reacts to a sign “as it would to the object which the sign supplants.” (p. 417)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 28: The Operational Analysis of Psychological Terms. Quote 8
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