Editor/Co-author of my Collected Essays (on behavioral science) Needed
I have approximately 1000 pages of essays on new, more-empirical perspectives for Psychology (esp. General Psychology and Developmental Psychology -- but relevant and important for Psychology in general). It is all about BEHAVIOR PATTERNS (and associated "environmental" aspects, these _OFTEN_ broadly conceived) and a science of finding the further behavior patterning therein, and a patterning of those patterns, etc.; AND THAT IS ALL : In other words, the writings outline the discoveries likely possible and necessary for a true and full behavioral science of BEHAVIOR PATTERNS ("just behaviors") PER SE ("behaviors" then seen, as must be the case, as aspects of Biology (adaptation) unto themselves); it is much related to classical ethology perspectives and research. RELATED TO ALL THIS: There is an expressed great hope for some technology being the "microscope" of Psychology for good/closer/better and/or NEW observations; there are likely sets of adaptive behavior patternings and associated environmental aspects within quite-possible, if not VERY likely, SETS of situations (with the important "environmental" aspects/circumstances there, BUT the KEY environmental aspects will also be across KEY related/in-some-ways-similar -- and memorable -- circumstances). This is how/where related behavior patterns COULD COME TO BE OBSERVED in situ, AND even seen as they develop : even the subtle behavior patterns, etc., therein, truly-seen and clearly seen and truly and fully discovered _and_ seeing some key adaptive "operations" thereof. AND there is some detailed phenomenology described that allow one to arrive at testable hypotheses and then also indicating how this same basic sort of essential observations shall also naturally PROVIDE the actual ability to test these testable/falsifiable hypotheses.
I am looking for a skilled reader and editor to read/edit my written works AND THEN put them together in a most sensible manner. This person must know the field of Psychology as a whole and must understand possibilities of ontogeny. Also she/he should have a healthy respect and very high regard for KEY foundational observations (always such AS CENTRAL). Know of the Memories (all the sorts, now rather well-researched) as providing for phenomenological EXPERIENCE ITSELF and for connections, as indicated above.
Any one "fitting this bill" AND WILLING, and otherwise ABLE, I would gladly have. Doing such substantial editing/proof-reading/rearranging/publishing is enough for me to see you as a co-author and therefore I would put you as second author on all the book's covers. After publication, you (given details we shall decide upon well ahead of time) shall have a good and fair portion of any money reaped.
"Science is knowledge of natural processes based on evidence." [ The evidence must be as strong a sort as possible (thereby relating "to the senses" -- i.e relating to something(s) directly overtly observable (though NOT necessarily having their full or most important impacts immediately). We are dealing with Reality as best we can and that is not like a court case. Nor, is it just a presentation of a sort just of our choosing. And, the outlook taken has an eye toward/for predicting other concurrent or later behavior patterns -- thus, for further understanding (a lot of the time the closest we come to real causes is finding reliable, apparently true and meaningful SEQUENCES). ] (my additions in brackets)
" ... Clearly if much of our knowledge is analogical [(by-analog)] in origin, it CANNOT be certain, and the real causes of events may ALWAYS escape us." -- David Wootton, author of "The Invention of Science" (all-caps added)
(All my added words, above and below, are more than consistent with Wootton, AS the author of "The Invention of Science" (a book, in paperback, 2016).)
If you see a Principle as, OR "like", an analogy, you either do not understand principles (e.g. Biological Principles), or your 'understanding' is mistaken and wrong.
Apply all this outlook (above) to the phenomena of behavior patterns (and please know enough, and have judgement enough, to look for REAL OVERT DEFINABLE AND REPLICABLE ** PATTERNS ** (behaviors-in-patterns) IN THE FIRST PLACE -- through observations, in case you need to be told) and you get the outline and perspective of my view and approach.
This Discussion post, in another forum, is entitled "Last call for behavioral science". (I will explain why):
P.S. In a way my essays have been collected and published: ON ResearchGate -- YOU, to the extent that is true and appropriate ARE the PEER REVIEWERS, right now -- the writings are most certainly publicly available, able to be judged by any who can judge them. [(I gathered my writings and put them in a few clear collections (the largest one, outside the 2 old foundational papers, being 512 pages long -- the collections, together, all recent essays of the last 3 years)]. If no one cares to find such "things" as I write about (even if "just there" on RG), I feel I have done the basic start that I can AND MUST hold myself responsible for, and let things "fall as they may" otherwise (and "fall" is the word). Responsibility has come to you.
I have taken the poor response I've gotten so far as a NO, NO, NO (basically, your response, or LACK THEREOF, is often saying: "I am already happy with my outlook and making money or reputation (fame) and/or getting a doctorate, so [yawn] forget you"). I know an experimental psychologist who has written a new good book on experimental psychology (I read it) and he got and he has gotten precisely THAT response from colleagues when he presents any if his "hard-hitting" critiques.
This sounds so interesting! I am myself interested in ontogeny, psychobiology and related issues. Would it be possible to try edit some of your essays to see how well would it go?
Dear Lucie Ráčková
I thank you very much for your interest.
All of the essays are here on researchgate: Mainly: "A Human Ethogram ..." , the BOOK "Essentially, all Recent Essays on Ethogram Theory" and three Addenda under "Linked Data" (once you get to the BOOK, you'll see). Outside of that, it may be helpful to read the "Project Log" (aka "Updates") under the Project, "Human Ethology and Development (Ethogram Theory) : A Full-Fledged Paradigm for PSYCHOLOGY".
ALL THIS you may get to by just starting at my Profile page and seeing what you can see : Brad Jesness . Seeing some of the other Projects might also give you a beginning perspective (again, all from that Profile page).
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