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People as Living Things

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Preface xii Preface.pdf xiii-xiv
     

Part I

   
Control of perception 1 Part I.pdf 1-2
1  The springs of action 3 Chapter 1.pdf 3-5
2  Living things 13 Chapter 2.pdf 13-15
3  Inside and outside 19 Chapter 3.pdf 19-21
4  The loop 31 Chapter 4.pdf 31-33
5  Beware how I write 51 Chapter 5.pdf 51-53
     

Part II

   
Research 59 Part II.pdf 59
6  Do it yourself 61 Chapter 6.pdf 61-63
7  Some foundations 67 Chapter 7.pdf 67-69
8  Some models of control 81 Chapter 8.pdf 81-83
9  Some social interaction 103 Chapter 9.pdf 103-105
     

Part III

   
Science 121 Part III.pdf 121-122
10  Don't fool yourself 123 Chapter 10.pdf 123-124
11  Falsification and confirmation 131 Chapter 11.pdf 131-132
12  Models and their worlds    
         (Bourbon & Powers) 137 Chapter 12.pdf 137-138
13  Quantitative measurement    
        of volition (Powers) 155 Chapter 13.pdf 155-156, 165
14  Is behavior probabilistic? 167 Chapter 14.pdf 167
15  Where's the reality? 171 Chapter 15.pdf 171-172
16  Explaining other theories 177 Chapter 16.pdf 177-178
17  Beware how anybody writes 183 Chapter 17.pdf 183-184
     

Part IV

   
Hierarchies of purpose 191 Part IV.pdf 191-192
     
18  The neural hierarchy 193 Chapter 18.pdf 193-194
19  Memory and imagination 215 Chapter 19.pdf 215-216
20  Reorganization 227 Chapter 20.pdf 227-228
21  Emotion 243 Chapter 21.pdf 243-244
     

Part V

   
The higher orders 251 Part V.pdf 251
22  More about the control loop 253 Chapter 22.pdf 253, 255
23  Internal conflict 257 Chapter 23.pdf 257-258
24  Up at the top 263 Chapter 24.pdf 263-264
25  Logic and rationality 275 Chapter 25.pdf 275, 286
26  Personality 287 Chapter 26.pdf 287, 297-298
     

Part VI

   
Dyads and groups 303 Part VI.pdf 303-304
27  Degrees of freedom I 305 Chapter 27.pdf 305-306
28  The social environment 313 Chapter 28.pdf 313-314
29  Helping 333 Chapter 29.pdf 333-334
30  The method of levels 345 Chapter 30.pdf 345-346
31  Psychotherapy 353 Chapter 31.pdf 353-356
32  Language and communication 371 Chapter 32.pdf 371-372
33  Influence 385 Chapter 33.pdf 385-386
     

Part VII

   
The social order 391 Part VII.pdf 391-392
     
34  Degrees of freedom II 393 Chapter 34.pdf 393-4, 409
35  Coordination 411 Chapter 35.pdf 411-412
36  Planning 427 Chapter 36.pdf 427-428
37  Schooling 437 Chapter 37.pdf 437-438
38  Mental testing 457 Chapter 38.pdf 457-458
39  Ford's
Responsible Thinking Process
467 Chapter 39.pdf 467-468
40  Society 477 Chapter 40.pdf 477-478,
487-488
     
References 489 References.pdf 489-507
Name index 509 Name index.pdf 509-515
Subject index 517 Subject index.pdf 517-523


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