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Teaching PCT at an Undergraduate Level: |
pct_manchester.pdf |
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People as Living Things: The Story by
Dag Forssell |
the_plt_story.pdf |
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Foreword to Living Control Systems II |
foreword_lcsii.pdf |
| Why Study PCT?
by
Dag Forssell Why would anyone want to take an interest in PCT? Here is one suggestion. |
why_study_pct.pdf |
| Three "Dangerous" words
by
Tom Bourbon A very personal essay on the difficulties experienced as a teacher of PCT . |
three_dangerous _words.pdf |
| Descriptive versus generative
scientific theories by Dag Forssell Most any field of study can be and is being called a science, but not all sciences or scientists adhere to rigid standards or apply proven principles and relevant methods. |
science _comparison.pdf |
| Teaching Dogma in Psychology
by Rick Marken Richard Marken’s 1985 farewell address to his colleagues on the faculty at Augsburg College. |
teaching _dogma.pdf |
| PCTAn Engineering
Science
by Dag Forssell Engineering sciences go far beyond description and metaphor |
pct_eng_sci.pdf |
| Effective Personnel Management
by Jim Soldani Jim Soldani reports on his experiences and results of applying what he learned from PCT |
personnel _mgmt.pdf |
| A stroll in the park or What is a sociologist to do by Philip Runkel An imaginative interpretation of a hierarchical control system in action |
stroll_park.pdf |
| Once Around the Loop by
Dag Forssell An interpretation of basic PCTsimple and complex at the same time, providing interesting insight into how to deal with people. |
once_around _loop.pdf |
| About The Method of Levels by
Tim Carey Comments and clarifications in response to suggestions that MOL be used with couples and in groups. |
about_mol.pdf |
Causation and Negative Feedback Control Loops |
causation.pdf |
| A Human-Centric Trust Management System by Andor Demarteau A graduation thesis from the Department of Information and Computing Sciences Utrecht University, The Netherlands, regarding the possibility of using insight from PCT to design a trust management system for computer security. |
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| PCT is Reverse
Engineering by Dag Forssell All modern physical sciences employ reverse engineering in that they suggest underlying, unseen, quantifiable, physical relationships to account for phenomena we observe. So does PCT. |
reverse _engineering.pdf |
| Behavior: The Control of Perception – The Original Book Jacket Originally published in 1973 and in print for 30 years, Behavior: The Control of Perception (B:CP) is being reissued in paperback in 2004. B:CP is the original "engineering textbook" introduction to Perceptual Control Theory (PCT), as fresh and valid today as when first published. |
bcp_jacket.pdf |
| PCT in a Nutshell by
Dag Forssell A summary intro to PCT looking at various time frames |
pct_nutshell.pdf |
| See also introductions by Gary Cziko and Ted Cloak here. | |
| And do not miss the journals and newsletters here. |
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