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Re: definitions/etymology (hit DELETE if this bores you)

To: "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: definitions/etymology (hit DELETE if this bores you)
From: E Geist <i_scoobysnak at yahoo_com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 12:48:27 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: over-the-rhine at actwin_com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107311225020.1006-100000 at inch_interchange.ubc.ca>


--- "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>
wrote:
> 
> Need is a teleological concept, i.e., if you need
> something, it is always
> to accomplish some sort of goal.  You need oxygen to
> live, you need to fix
> your car if you are ever going to drive it again,
> you need to make more
> money if you are ever going to be able to afford
> certain purchases.

i like that slant toward teleology; conversely, does
that mean that "want" is a desire-laden concept?

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