Intro (1) Flashcards
(18 cards)
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ACTION, INTENTION AND WILL
An important point which emerged from the last chapter is that even so ______ as our ability to reason cannot be divorced from our nature as autonomous goal-seeking creatures …
‘intellectual’ an aspect of the human mind
An important point which emerged from the last chapter is that even so ‘intellectual’ an aspect of the human mind as ______ cannot be divorced from our nature as autonomous goal-seeking creatures …
our ability to reason
An important point which emerged from the last chapter is that even so ‘intellectual’ an aspect of the human mind as our ability to reason ______ our nature as autonomous goal-seeking creatures …
cannot be divorced from
An important point which emerged from the last chapter is that even so ‘intellectual’ an aspect of the human mind as our ability to reason cannot be divorced from ______ …
our nature as autonomous goal-seeking creatures
… our ability to reason cannot be divorced from our nature as autonomous goal-seeking creatures with ______, involving intentions, sensations and emotions.
complex motivational states
… our ability to reason cannot be divorced from our nature as autonomous goal-seeking creatures with complex motivational states, involving ______, ______ and ______.
- intentions
- sensations
- emotions
Even ______, which aims at truth, is a goal-directed activity which requires motivation.
purely theoretical reasoning
Even purely theoretical reasoning, which ______, is a goal-directed activity which requires motivation.
aims at truth
Even purely theoretical reasoning, which aims at truth, is ______.
a goal-directed activity which requires motivation
Nor can we ______. Advance in the sciences is made by focusing on particular problems, which have to be perceived as problems if investigators are to be motivated to attempt to solve them.
simply aim at truth in the abstract
Nor can we simply aim at truth in the abstract. ______ is made by focusing on particular problems, which have to be perceived as problems if investigators are to be motivated to attempt to solve them.
Advance in the sciences
Nor can we simply aim at truth in the abstract. Advance in the sciences is ______, which have to be perceived as problems if investigators are to be motivated to attempt to solve them.
made by focusing on particular problems
Nor can we simply aim at truth in the abstract. Advance in the sciences is made by focusing on particular problems, which ______ if investigators are to be motivated to attempt to solve them.
have to be perceived as problems
Nor can we simply aim at truth in the abstract. Advance in the sciences is made by focusing on particular problems, which have to be perceived as problems ______.
if investigators are to be motivated to attempt to solve them
______, are creatures naturally endowed with a high degree of curiosity.
Human beings, like other primates
Human beings, like other primates, are ______ with a high degree of curiosity.
creatures naturally endowed
Human beings, like other primates, are creatures naturally endowed with ______.
a high degree of curiosity
