William T. Powers
Letter to Philip J. Runkel, November 8, 1985
Psychology & Mental Health
Seeing oneself in one’s choices: Construal level and self-pertinence of electoral and consumer decisions
Antonio L. Freitas, Karen L. Langsam, Sheri Clark, Scott J. Moeller (2008)
Computational Models
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Bill Powers
Perceptual Control Theory at 40
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 […]