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> that type of motivation, whatever you call it, is not necessary to perform the task at hand. and on what basis have you determined that the article is about
by ipsento606 2y ago
> that type of motivation, whatever you call it, is not necessary to perform the task at hand.
and on what basis have you determined that the article is about "that type" of motivation, as opposed to the other type which you acknowledge is necessary to actually do anything?
- marginalia_nu 2y agoThe other types of motivations are descriptions of other people. It's like being tall. You can see if someone else is tall, or short, but you yourself don't experience your own height, you feel the same size as you did when you were a child. You can see it in a photograph or a mirror, of course, but that is seeing yourself as though you were a different person. Your height is not part of your subjective experience. Likewise, these other forms of motivation do not have a subjective experience associated with them, they are properties observed in others. Feeling encouraged or discouraged to perform an action, however, is a subjective experience. We can experience in ourselves, but not observe it in others.