The Meaning of Behaviour

ISBN-13: 9780367137892 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 192 str.

J. R. Maze

Opis

Originally published in 1983, this title is a determined attack on personality theories current at the time. It critically examines their basic motivational constructs and rejects any that invoke goal-seeking as being inescapably teleological and therefore unacceptable as natural science.

Spis treści

Preface.  Acknowledgements.  1. Introduction  2. Teleological and Causal Explanations  3. Analysis of ‘Agency’  4. Cognition and Determinism  5. The Constitution of the ‘Self’  6. Drives and Consummatory Actions  7. Higher Activities and their Basic Meanings.  Bibliography.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

J.R. Maze