﻿ADAPTIVENESS 
  AND 
  PURPOSIVENESS 
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  ence 
  of 
  a 
  clear 
  outlook 
  towards 
  the 
  future, 
  of 
  making 
  plans, 
  

   of 
  desiring 
  ends, 
  of 
  deliberately 
  willing 
  to 
  realise 
  an 
  idea, 
  

   of 
  bending 
  a 
  multitude 
  of 
  means, 
  often 
  with 
  some 
  difficulty, 
  

   towards 
  a 
  definite 
  result, 
  and 
  so 
  on. 
  We 
  cannot 
  think 
  of 
  

   it 
  without 
  the 
  concept 
  of 
  purpose. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  merely 
  that 
  

   we 
  put 
  this 
  finalistic 
  interpretation 
  on 
  our 
  conduct 
  ; 
  we 
  

   know 
  that 
  our 
  purpose 
  actuates 
  our 
  conduct. 
  Among 
  the 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  our 
  conduct 
  we 
  recognise 
  ideal 
  anticipations 
  

   as 
  dominant. 
  As 
  Lloyd 
  Morgan 
  puts 
  it, 
  there 
  are 
  psycho- 
  

   logical 
  factors 
  which 
  we 
  name 
  " 
  prospective 
  significance 
  and 
  

   interest 
  ". 
  " 
  Pre-perceptive 
  relationships 
  have 
  been 
  estab- 
  

   lished 
  and 
  highly 
  developed. 
  And 
  such 
  conscious 
  relation- 
  

   ships 
  count, 
  really 
  count, 
  every 
  whit 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  any 
  other 
  

   natural 
  relationship. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  merely 
  epiphenomenal 
  

   phosphorescence; 
  they 
  are 
  real 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  

   the 
  process, 
  both 
  mental 
  and 
  bodily." 
  

  

  We 
  must 
  admit, 
  then, 
  the 
  reality 
  of 
  purposeful 
  self-de- 
  

   termination. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  that 
  a 
  psychical 
  entity, 
  called 
  a 
  pur- 
  

   pose, 
  functions; 
  it 
  is 
  rather 
  that 
  our 
  whole 
  organism 
  bends 
  

   its 
  bow 
  in 
  a 
  particular 
  direction 
  and 
  that 
  we 
  know 
  this 
  on 
  

   the 
  experiencing 
  side 
  as 
  our 
  conscious 
  purpose 
  and 
  strengthen 
  

   it 
  in 
  knowing 
  it. 
  Wo 
  see, 
  then, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  human 
  realm 
  

   of 
  ends 
  the 
  concept 
  of 
  purpose 
  is 
  essential 
  ; 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  in- 
  

   organic 
  domain, 
  considered 
  in 
  itself, 
  it 
  is 
  irrelevant; 
  the 
  

   question 
  is 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  intermediate 
  realm, 
  and 
  here 
  the 
  diffi- 
  

   culties 
  of 
  interpretation 
  are 
  great. 
  

  

  This 
  question 
  of 
  purpose 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  clear 
  when 
  we 
  

   are 
  dealing 
  with 
  ourselves, 
  but 
  it 
  becomes 
  much 
  more 
  diffi- 
  

   cult 
  when 
  we 
  pass 
  to 
  our 
  neighbours. 
  One 
  of 
  our 
  neighbours 
  

   behaves 
  as 
  we 
  were 
  doing 
  and 
  we 
  credit 
  him 
  with 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  making 
  a 
  rockery. 
  But 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  some 
  

   other 
  purpose 
  in 
  view, 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  simply 
  imitat- 
  

  

  