Quantitative analysis of purposive systems: Some spadework at the foundations of scientific psychology.

Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men

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Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +3

Behavior: The Control of Perception.

Alfred Kuhn, William T. Powers · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1975 · 2.4K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

Behavior, Purpose and Teleology

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Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Philosophy +9

Cybernetics: Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine.

Harry G. Johnson, Norbert Wiener · The Economic Journal · 1949 · 576 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Zoology +7

Modern Systems Research for the Behavioral Scientists.

Harry M. Johnson, Walter Buckley · American Sociological Review · 1969 · 348 citations

Engineering, Behavioral Sciences, Systems Engineering +8