Re: Presuppositions? Assumptions? LO1858

Michael McMaster (Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 29 Jun 1995 08:06:11 +0000

Replying to LO1814 --

Tobin, we appear very in synch. The problem that I am attacking when I go
after the term "motivation" is that it is a term with the psychological
base that I mentioned. I don't want to use it - unless I mean that type
of phenomenon - any more than I'd use the term for the growth of a plant.
The plant is not "motivated" - it just responds to the environment and its
own nature in interaction.

Self-motivation then becomes (just) "being" - and I think loses all
meaning in relation to the term motivation.

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Michael McMaster
Michael@kbddean.demon.co.uk