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Postcard from inside the black box

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2025

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David Spurrett*
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Philosophy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa [email protected] https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-spurrett
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Abstract

There are indeed questionable motivation constructs in psychology. The diagnosis and proposed remedies in the target article both neglect the crucial consideration that all tendencies to behaviour compete for the same finite set of degrees of freedom. Action selection also has irreducibly economic aspects which should constrain motivation constructs and already inform healthy research programmes.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 48 , 2025 , e45
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press

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