But the distinction was clear and apparent to your mind? So was it in mine.

I would argue that money is necessary to gain this food. — NuncAmissa

But I did not say that money is necessary to gain food. Quite the opposite, in fact

And? Sometimes the cat pokes things off the table just to be a pain.

We don't know about intentional affect quite yet. What we're left with is behaviorism. The cat behaves this way to elicit a response, not that it 'understands the concept of being a pain'.

Isn't that the point of my response?

Cats are really smart too !!

We don't know about intentional affect quite yet — Posty McPostface

Oh, I don't know - I think we can make pretty good inferences from observed behaviour. I'm not going to conclude that there is nothing intentional going on behind your posts.

Oh, I don't know - I think we can make pretty good inferences from observed behaviour. I'm not going to conclude that there is nothing intentional going on behind your posts. — Banno

Well, @StreetlightX has posted an illuminating post here. What do you think about his behaviourism?

That is it not behaviourism.

That is it not behaviourism. — Banno

What is it?

Want, and need, don't exist in present tense. Gratification is a human instinct. Being primal, it doesn't discriminate.

For a less philosophic answer, I'd put the question next to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

For a less philosophic answer, I'd put the question next to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. — Brianna Whitney

And what do you have to say about that?

"In order to live an ethical life, we must first identify our wants from needs. Want's can not all be satisfied, per Stoicism."

All sources of gratification fulfill a need. Maslow's Heirarchy would assert that a person's motivation is based on fulfilling needs that are physical, psychological, social, creative, etc., Physical needs are precedent. If physical needs are met, we approach a new set of goals for gratification.

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I'm not a fan of stoicism.

All sources of gratification fulfill a need. Maslow's Heirarchy would assert that a person's motivation is based on fulfilling needs that are physical, psychological, social, creative, etc., Physical needs are precedent. If physical needs are met, we approach a new set of goals for gratification. — Brianna Whitney

Hmm, I can see how physical needs are mandatory. But, I don't know so much about psychological needs.

I'm not a fan of stoicism. — Brianna Whitney

Why's that?