At present the application of PCT to Religion is also at its early stages. One exception is Lynndal Daniels’ blog on PCT and Buddhism, which links the Method of Levels, a psychotherapy that is a direct application of Perceptual Control Theory, with the reduction of suffering, a basic Buddhist concept. Another is Richard Pfau’s paper on “Perceptual Control Theory’s Congruence with Religion”, available online at ResearchGate. That paper shows how Perceptual Control Theory can be used to explain why so many religious values and related teachings are so wise, given how our nervous systems function, the neural basis for religious concepts and practices such as sin, prayer, and other rituals, and how our nervous systems function to produce both religious and non-religious behavior.
Sociology & Philosophy
Environmental Stability
A comprehensive introduction to PCT and its implications for the social and physical environment, on a global scale, are described in an online article by Kent McClelland. There are also a number of online articles that relate […]
Robotics and AI
Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
PCT is emerging as a force in robotics. PCT lends itself well to the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics because it provides an exact mathematical framework to model psychological processes. […]
Psychology & Mental Health
Psychology
In explaining how living things control their perception, PCT is clearly highly relevant to psychology. Contemporary articles are making the case to the wider establishment that closed-loop, circular causality is much closer to how living systems actually function than the approach researchers still use. […]