Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 18: Logical and Scientific Verbal Behavior. Quote 15

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Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 18: Logical and Scientific Verbal Behavior. Quote 15

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The test of scientific prediction is often, as the word implies, verbal confirmation. (p. 429)

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