Living Control Systems II
William T. Powers
"Powers turned the millennia-old idea that living systems act to produce intended perceptions into a formal theory of behavior: perceptual control theory. Perceptual control theory identifies behavior as the necessarily variable means by which organisms control their perceptions of the world. Working first on a build-it-yourself computer, then on a first-generation IBM personal computer, Powers created elegant demonstrations in which the simple-idea-turned-formal-model generates remarkably accurate quantitative simulations and predictions of behavior and its consequences. He identified a first principle for behavioral, social, and life sciences and showed the way to a new foundation of theory and method."
- from the Foreword by W. Thomas Bourbon
All of the papers in this second collection of writings by William T. Powers are published here for the first time. Their underlying theme, developed over three decades, is control theory's potential for revolutionizing the life sciences, particularly psychology. Powers critiques the theories of mainstream behavioral scientists, showing how their defects are avoided by applying control theory, instead. He also demonstrates the necessity for constructing truly generative models if a genuine science of living control systems is to be developed.
Año:
1992
Editorial:
The Control Systems Group, Gravel Switch, Kentucky
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
275
ISBN 10:
0962415421
ISBN 13:
9780962415425
Archivo:
PDF, 18.57 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1992
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