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- Subject: non-revolutionary two-step
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- [From Rick Marken (930106.1500)]
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- Bruce Nevin (Wed 93016 12:54:24) --
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- >It seems to me that problems and solutions are theory-dependent.
-
- Yes.
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- >This leads to the non-revolutionary two-step:
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- > 1. Problem in other-theory terms.
- > 2. Solution in PCT terms.
- > 1'. Non-solution in other-theory terms.
-
- I love it! And a one and a ...
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- >Perhaps another step is needed in the process:
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- > 1. Problem in other-theory terms.
- > 2. Same problem in PCT terms.
- > 3. Solution in PCT terms.
- > 1'. Contrast with non-solution in other-theory terms.
-
- ?Very nice Bruce. I hope we all can pick up your beat so that
- PCT can waltz past the opposition.
-
- >It might be useful actually to show how statistical results of
- >the sort typically found in the literature follow from a
- >statistical treatment of models of control systems
-
- Bill Powers has a wonderful demo of just this. It is described
- in his chapter in the American Behavioral Scientist "Purposeful
- Behavior" issue; a must read for those who still harbor the
- hope of understanding control systems using statistical methods.
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- Best
-
- Rick
-