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I dedicate this paper to the memory of B. F. Skinner, my teacher and friend. He may be responsible for many of my motivations, but not my errors.

Martha Neuringer, Meg Wilson, Sigrid Glenn and four anonymous reviewers provided very helpful critical comments. Preparation of this manuscript was partly supported by NSF grant #BNS-8707992.

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Neuringer, A. Humble Behaviorism. BEHAV ANALYST 14, 1–13 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392543

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