On naming and symbolic behavior: in the beginning was the name?

Article Abstract:

Horne and Lowe's paper provides a remarkable behavioral-analytic theoretical framework for the study of naming that draws not only from the field of behavior analysis but also from other areas. Their theoretical re-conceptualization is a plausible account of the development and maintenance of naming, and how it might be connected to other verbal behaviors. A problem with this scientific interpretation, however, is that it results in confusion between causes and effects. There is no clear distinction between characteristics needed to produce an outcome and characteristics that are only incidental to the outcome.

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Reflections on naming and other symbolic behavior

Article Abstract:

A paper that appeared in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior identified naming as the fundamental behavioral element and described it as a higher order behavior class that integrates both listener and speaker relations. Many commentators who gave their opinions regarding this account concurred on what constitutes naming. These commentators recommended useful alternative explanations as to how naming might be established or how the paper can be further developed.

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