Contents 
Preface... 
PART I 
BASIC PROBLEMS AND PRESUPPOSITIONS 
Chapter 1. Some Basic Problems of Motivation 
Current Approaches to the Concept of Motivation .............. 12 
Program for a Complete Explanation of Human Motivation ... 22 
An Overview ................... I. 24 
Chapter 2. Some Philosophical Presuppositions 
The Three Dilemmas....... 
The Mind-Body Problem.............. 
Causation ............. 
Hedonism ............... 
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PART II 
AFFECT, STIMULATION AND BEHAVIOR 
Chapter 3. Affect and Stimulation I: Theoretical Problems 
What Stimuli in the World Produce Affect? .............. .. .... 64 
Some Theoretical Relationships between Stimuli and Affect ... 67 
Reduction and Arousal Aspects of Freud’s Theory of 
Motivation ...... Co 
Chapter 4. Affect and Stimulation II: Specific Modern Applications 
Drive-Stimulus Reduction Theories ... 
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