BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR: HIERARCHY OF
FEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND CONTROL OF
INPUT

This intro to PCT is slanted toward those coming into to this subject from the physical sciences. Bill Powers develops an argument that leads from conventional views of behavior to the new view that PCT gives us, emphasizing in the end the odd role that organisms, seen through the eyes of PCT, play in a world otherwise dominated by physical laws. The point will be to show that control theory provides us with the germ of a radically new understanding, a break with all traditional theories of behavior—and many new ones as well […]

Timothy A. Carey (2013) Article Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)62214-X/fulltext Article Info Publication History Published: 26 October 2013 Identification DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62214-X Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ScienceDirect Access this article on ScienceDirect

Timothy A. Carey “This new book is a great addition to the educational literature. It introduces educators to the most important and revolutionary new development in psychology in decades, PCT. And it does this in […]