196 Pages
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Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
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Routledge
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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. Dr Maze argues the necessity for an unqualified determinism in psychology, yet one that incorporates the role... Read more
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.
Biography
J.R. Maze
