Science Keeps Us Grounded
Taking Nature SeriousBy Cory Hudnall
Length2h 28m
About this audiobook
Science Keeps Us Grounded...This manuscript explores the intersection of behavioral science, biology, and philosophy. Hudnall uses his personal and professional experience as both a behavior analyst and a mental health patient to critique rigid categorizations, reflect on human nature, and propose a balance between empirical understanding and humanistic reflection.
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology, Philosophy
Length2 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 28, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Science Keeps Us Grounded
2In a Box
3the practice examines.
4impossibly small piece of it I, and another piece you.
5another box with better marketing.
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6Through causal history? Through language? Through biology? Through institutions?
7freedom with entitlement.
8Chapter 1
9The Beast
10humanity.
11through continuous interaction among genes, bodies, environments, and histories. We
12human adult and quietly treats that appearance as reality itself.
13Respondent conditioning. Operant conditioning. Reinforcement. Punishment. Stimulus
14in three dimensional space, while information changes at speed.
15Behaviorism, Buddhism, existentialism, pragmatism, evolutionary theory, and
16something.
17structure from biology.
18Chapter 2
19causation.
20Fine.
21Fails. Learns something from the failure. Tries again.
22interested in consequences.
23reinforces him fastest.
24Biology. Proximity. Reinforcement. Attachment history. Shared language. Timing. Smell.
25way down.
26design around.
27teachers, historical conditions, dead strangers, and sometimes magnificent sources of
28cosmic judge.
29PART II
30Chapter 3
31itself.
32final description.
33world.
34Freedom. Love. Disorder. Intelligence. Normal. Trauma. Self. Human.
35understand less in the name of precision.
36practices, consequences, histories, and power.
37history.
38next.
39effectively. A weak concept gathers unlike events under one emotionally satisfying name.
40room to room.
41So do we.
42judge.
43Chapter 4
44The Expression of "I"
45Language. Interoception. Habit. Images. Fragments of speech. Bodily regulation. Learned
46comparisons. An ancient contemplative practice, an eighteenth century philosophical
47honest.
48understand again.
49Chapter 5
50Then something breaks.
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