For Newcomers to CSGNet E-Mail List
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About responding to newcomers
(April 1995, 17 KB)
About the list; what new posters might want to think about when posting to CSGNet.
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A psychologist joins CSGnet
(June 1994, 406 KB)
An exchange between a new member and others on the list. Intended as an introduction to some basic questions and answers that are often asked by new subscribers, so a it may be a good idea for new subscribers to read this.
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A skeptical engineer joins CSGnet. Albus
(642 KB)
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About PCT - Explaining and Evidence for
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Evidence of control is all around us
(Dec. 1993, 5 KB)
abnormal physics that show PCT in action
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Misunderstandings and distortions.
(Oct. 1992, 246 KB)
myths, misunderstandings, and distortions of feedback, cybernetics and PCT. See also "The Dispute over PCT".
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The Dispute over PCT
(July 1993, 48 KB)
see also "Misunderstandings and distortions"
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Introduction to Perceptual Control Theory
(Nov. 1990, 7 KB)
by Bill Powers
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On modeling behavior using control theory
(Dec. 1993, 8 KB)
"...engineers have developed certain ways of viewing the problem of modeling behavior..."
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Morality from an HPCT perspective
(June 1993, 11 KB)
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PCT and other theories
(June 1993, 8 KB)
"...problems come from trying to talk with people who don't understand PCT."
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A reasonable set of comments and questions
(March 1993, 27 KB)
Some assertions and clarifications about PCT
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Defining PCT research
(March 1995, 7 KB)
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PCT Introduction and Resource Guide
(June 1995, 73 KB)
This material is covered elsewhere on this web site, but it's a nice set of articles all together.
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Skinner's Mistake.
(1990, 26 KB)
by Bill Powers
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Controlled versus controlling; a tutorial
(Feb. 1995, 19 KB)
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The "tough sell" of PCT and social interactions
(Oct. 1992, 60 KB)
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Is PCT really about violence?
(Sep. 1993, 7 KB)
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Words, meanings, computations
(Nov. 1992, 14 KB)
"A word is an activity in the brain; therefore it must be represented as a signal."
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Comparisons with Other Theories/Models
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Words and models
(Dec. 1994, 12 KB)
"elicit", "select", and the problem with words
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Terms and Definitions
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By Any Other Name: the word Control
(1989, 7 KB)
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Definitions of Behavior
(11 KB)
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Defining control. Review of literature
(47 KB)
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Behaviorist terms. Theory, imagery, language
(18 KB)
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Terminology of purposive behavior
(12 KB)
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Event and property centered explanations
(8 KB)
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Words and models
(Dec. 1994, 12 KB)
"elicit", "select", and the problem with words
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Theory & Experiment
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The Hierarchical Behavior of Perception
(50 KB)
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Collecting data about behavioral regularities
(14 KB)
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Bad data illustrated
(13 KB)
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Logical and sub-logical analysis
(8 KB)
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Posts on Cybernetics and Systems Theory
(186 KB)
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Explanation and clinical terminology
(18 KB)
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Economics: The interaction of Control systems
(50 KB)
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Posts about engineering, terminology, and PCT
(81 KB)
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Break out of Stimulus -> Response thinking
(26 KB)
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Action always equal and opposite disturbance
(25 KB)
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Degrees of freedom
(21 KB)
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Objective modeling vs direct experience
(10 KB)
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Dormitive principles: Non-explanations
(7 KB)
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PCT, behavioral theories, and experience
(9 KB)
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Thread on levels of perception
(93 KB)
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Policing PCT purity and correctness
(10 KB)
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Experience, Reality, and HPCT
(17 KB)
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A Clinicians view of Reorganization
(9 KB)
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Posts on replication
(33 KB)
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Rotten apples: solipsism; learning
(9 KB)
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Scientific rumors
(7 KB)
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Musings on science, American Psychology
(16 KB)
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Open loop faster and simpler
(8 KB)
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Social control
(systems)
(6 KB)
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On Kent McClelland's paper about social power
(Dec. 1993, 12 KB)
Skinnerian "contingencies" reinterpreted in PCT
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Independent Variable - Dependent Variable
(8 KB)
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Tendencies and biases
(9 KB)
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Explanations, theories, models: harping on a theme
(81 KB)
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Behavior understandable - at least up to a point
(5 KB)
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Application and the Real World
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PCT intro to Business Process Reengineering list
(28 KB)
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A short comment on Ed Ford's therapy
(5 KB)
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On Autism and Belief
(33 KB)
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Avoid making that committment to _any_ belief
(13 KB)
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Religion and belief
(24 KB)
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Rubber Band Demo to Real Life
(5 KB)
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Thread on responsibility
(69 KB)
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Humor
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Clever Deception Unmasked
(25 KB)
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The Fable of the Radio: a PCT story
(Aug. 1991, 10 KB)
By Greg Williams
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Discussion of Operant conditioning.
(39 KB)
Star Trek
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Other
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Clarity of writing and thought. Belief and knowledge
(115 KB)
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Descartes' Error, An Anthropologist on Mars
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Half an hour in the life of an HPCT system
(3 KB)
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Stories, Skepticism, Belief versus Knowledge
(77 KB)
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Thread on the theme of an "open mind,"
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The end of physics and other comments
(23 KB)
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Virtual Reality conference
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What is science? - Theory, look for evidence?
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