An Experimental Study Of The Factors And Types Of Voluntary Choice PDF Download

Excerpt from An Experimental Study of the Factors and Types of Voluntary Choice Stout (19. P. Treats the problem in similar fashion, but where mcdougall definitely attributes sense of effort only to the presence of the self-regarding sentiment, Stout refers all forms of volitional choice to the interposition Of a self-factor, and under the concept self as expressed in the word I is included in systematic unity the life history Of the individual, past, present and future, as it appears to himself and others together with all its possible or imaginary develop ments The motives are motives only in so far as they arise from the nature Of the self, and presuppose the connec tion with the self as a determining factor. From this it fol lows that the recognized reasons for a decision can never con stitute the entire cause Of a decision. Behind them there al ways lies the idea of the self as a whole. What this involves can never be completely analysed or stated in the form Of definite reasons or special motives. Calkins (5 p. 226) also specifically emphasizes the ego-centric nature of volition. In will I am actively, assertively, related to my environment, I am conscious of my superiority and my independence Of it, I conceive of it as existing mainly for my own use or gratifica tion. And she finally dissents emphatically from any attempt to define the act merely in structural terms of sensation, image and feeling, the consciousness of the self as Willing being utterly irreducible to such. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.