The Study of Living Control Systems, a handbook of research methodology in psychology by Richard S. Marken is available from Cambridge University Press and from booksellers (February 2021).
The Study of Living Control Systems
Bill Powers
An Essay on the Obvious
A hard-hitting essay by the creator of PCT on what you see when you look at behavior through the eyes of a physical scientist. […]
Bill Powers
Experience, Reality, and HPCT
A short post to CSGnet on how we think about our senses, our experiences, and how we draw conclusions about the reality we live in (or whether we think we observe reality directly and merely need to report what we observe. […]
Bill Powers
Volition: a Semi-Scientific Essay
Every child wonders, sooner or later, how it is that simply wanting one’s hands, arms, legs, body, head, or eyes to move suffices to create the wanted result…. — So begins this lovely essay and overview of the fundamental issues that cry out for answers. […]