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... theory , which defines human motivation as the striving for pleasure and the avoidance of unpleasant feelings . It should be evident by now that this venerable theory is correct but useless It explains everything and nothing . What we ...
... theory , which defines human motivation as the striving for pleasure and the avoidance of unpleasant feelings . It should be evident by now that this venerable theory is correct but useless It explains everything and nothing . What we ...
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... theory meant and mean by it — if it referred to visual rather than to intellectual knowledge . Even then the theory would be misleading , because it would still assume between perceiving and knowing a dichotomy that is alien to the ...
... theory meant and mean by it — if it referred to visual rather than to intellectual knowledge . Even then the theory would be misleading , because it would still assume between perceiving and knowing a dichotomy that is alien to the ...
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... theory can be found , for example , in the writings about the Ror- schach test as an explanation of people's " movement responses " to the ink blots . Snapshot photography proves every day , however , that whereas some action pictures ...
... theory can be found , for example , in the writings about the Ror- schach test as an explanation of people's " movement responses " to the ink blots . Snapshot photography proves every day , however , that whereas some action pictures ...
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