7. “Motives Are Shorthand Terms for
Situations,” in Permanence and Change, 29-36.
Life
(drama) is more complex than the laboratory (science). For the one encompasses the other, while the other is a subset of the one.
Motives are patterns of experience—forms. “Duty”
involves a different form than “love.” Each motive or pattern has within it a whole set of assumptions, terministic screens, if you will. Some things happen in spite of others, others
because of others, and others regardless of others, and if we knew everything
we’d probably get rid of “in spite of” and “regardless of.”
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