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Enterprise of Science

Bergner, R.M. (2013). All the world’s a stage: A person-centered view of science. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, & F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10, (pp. 7-18). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Bergner, R.M. (2004). Is it all really biological? Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 24, 30-49.

Orvik, J.M. (1990). Technology transfer and culture change. In K.E. Davis, (Ed.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 5, (pp. 61-80). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Ossorio, P. G. (1964).Classification space analysis (RADC–TDR–64–287). Rome Air Development Center, New York. (Also published in 1964 as LRI Report No. 1. Los Angeles, CA and Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.

Ossorio, P. G. (1965). Dissemination research (RADC-TR-€“65-314). Rome, NY: Rome Air Development Center.

Ossorio, P.G. (1967/1968). Attribute space development and evaluation (RADC–TR–67–640). Rome Air Development Center, New York. (Original work published 1967 as LRI Report No. 2. Los Angeles, CA and Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.)

Ossorio, P.G. (1967/1968). Attribute space development and evaluation
(RADC–TR–67–640). Rome Air Development Center, New York. (Original work published 1967 as LRI Report No. 2. Los Angeles, CA and Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.)

Ossorio, P.G. (1971/1978). State of affairs systems (LRI Report No.
14). Whittier, CA & Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute. (Original work published 1971 as RADC–TR–71–102, Rome Air Development Center, New York.)

Ossorio, P.G. (1979/1981). Conceptual-notational devices: The PCF and related types. In K. E. Davis (Ed.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology, Vol. 1, (pp. 83-104). Greenwich, CN: JAI Press. (Original work published 1979 as LRI Report No. 22. Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.)

Ossorio, P.G. (1980). Behavior pattern indexing (LRI Report No. 33).
Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.

Ossorio, P.G. (1980/1981). Representation, evaluation, and research.
In K. E. Davis (Ed.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology, Vol. 1, (pp. 105-135). Greenwich, CN:
as LRI Report No. 25. Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.

Ossorio, P.G. (1968/1981). Explanation, falsifiability, and rule-following. In K. E. Davis (Ed.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology, Vol. 1, (pp. 37-56). Greenwich, CN: JAI Press. (Original work published 1968 as LRI Report No. 4c. Los Angeles, CA and Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.).

Ossorio, P.G. (1991). Naive baseball theory. Psychological Inquiry, 2, 352-355.

Schwartz, W. (2010). On saying “no”: Evidence based practice and the hijacking of the empirical. In K. E. Davis, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.9, (pp. 453-474). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

The Real World

Ossorio, P.G. (1971/1978). State of affairs systems (LRI Report No.
14). Whittier, CA & Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute. (Original work published 1971 as RADC–TR–71–102, Rome Air Development Center, New York.)

Ossorio, P.G. (2010). Out of Nowhere: Thoughts and Thinking and World Reconstruction (Complete Version). In K. E. Davis, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.9. (pp. 203-230). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Putman A.O. (2013). At a glance and out of nowhere: How ordinary people create the real world. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10, (pp. 19-36). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (1992). Companions of Uncertain Status. In M.K. Roberts, & R.M. Bergner, (Eds.). Clinical Topics: Contributions to the Conceptualization and Treatment of Adolescent-Family Problems, Bulimia, Chronic Mental Illness, and Mania. Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 6, (pp. 33-77). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (2010). An indeterminate and expansive world. In K. E. Davis, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.9, (pp. 231-256). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (2013). Knowing the world. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10, (pp. 37-54). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (1998). Kurosawa’s relativity. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 7, (pp. 107-125). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Interconnections of Persons

Peek, C. J. & Heinrich, R. (2006). Playing the Person Game in Healthcare. In K. E. Davis, & R. M Bergner (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 8, (pp. 267-324). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Putman, A.O. (1981). Communities. In K. Davis (Ed.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 1, (pp. 195-209). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Putman, A.O. (1990). Organizations. In K.E. Davis, (Ed.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 5, (pp. 11-46). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Putman A.O. (2013). At a glance and out of nowhere: How ordinary people create the real world. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10, (pp. 19-36). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

World, Behavior, & Language

Ossorio, P.G. (1990). Appraisal. In K.E. Davis, (Ed.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 5, (pp. 155-171). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Ossorio, P.G. (1995). Persons. The Collected Works of Peter G. Ossorio (Vol. I). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press. (Original work published 1966 as LRI Report No. 3. Los Angeles, CA & Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.)

Ossorio, P.G. (2005). “What Actually Happens”: The Representation of Real World Phenomena. The Collected Works of Peter G. Ossorio (Vol. 4). Ann Arbor, MI, 2005. Also published 1975/1978, Columbia SC: University of South Carolina Press.

Ossorio, P.G. (1990). The human condition: Some formal aspects. LRI Report No. 47a. Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.

Ossorio, P.G. (1997). What there is, How things are. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, 27:2/3, June/September 1997, 149-172.

Mitchell, T. (1981). On the interpretation of utterances. In K. Davis (Ed.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 1, (pp. 155-176). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Jeffrey, H.J. (1998). Consciousness, experience, and a Person’s world. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 7, (pp. 67-106). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Jeffrey, H.J. & Putman, A.O. (2015). “Subjective Probability in Behavioral Economics and Finance: A Radical Reformulation,” The Journal of Behavioral Finance, 16(3), 231-249.

Jeffrey, H.J. & Putman, A.O. (2013). The Irrationality illusion: A new paradigm for economics and behavioral economics. The Journal of Behavioral Finance, 14:3, 161-194.

Roberts, M.K. (2010). An indeterminate and expansive world. In K. E. Davis, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.9, (pp. 231-256). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (1992). Companions of Uncertain Status. In M.K. Roberts, & R.M. Bergner, (Eds.). Clinical Topics: Contributions to the Conceptualization and Treatment of Adolescent-Family Problems, Bulimia, Chronic Mental Illness, and Mania. Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 6, (pp. 33-77). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (2013). Knowing the world. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10, (pp. 37-54). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (1998). Kurosawa’s relativity. In H.J. Jeffrey and R.M. Bergner, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 7, (pp. 107-125). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M.K. (2013). The Nefarious “is”. In K.E. Davis, R.M. Bergner, F. Lubuguin, & W. Schwartz, (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol.10, (pp. 261-271). Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.

Roberts, M. (1985). Worlds and world reconstruction. In K. Davis and T. Mitchell (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 4, (pp. 17-52). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Shideler, M.M. (1982) The creator and the discoverer. In K. Davis and T. Mitchell (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology: Vol. 2, (pp, 233-247). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Classification Space

Ossorio, P. G. (1964).Classification space analysis (RADC–TDR–64–287). Rome Air Development Center, New York. (Also published in 1964 as LRI Report No. 1. Los Angeles, CA and Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.

Ossorio, P. G. (1966). Classification space. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1, 479-524.

Ossorio, P.G. (1967/1968). Attribute space development and evaluation (RADC–TR–67–640). Rome Air Development Center, New York. (Original work published 1967 as LRI Report No. 2. Los Angeles, CA and Boulder, CO: Linguistic Research Institute.)

Ossorio, P. & Kurtz, M. (1989). Automated classification of resolved galaxies. Data analysis in astronomy, 40, 121-128.