WILL

in psychology, the active sid the of consciousne , as distinguished fron feeling and intellect; in a narrower sense the phase of active consciousne im mediately preceding action. Will in: after depends on feeling for its motive, ant London, on knowledge for guidance. The wil picture, develops continuously from the simpl at the to the complex, from immediate re was sponses to sense-impre ions to comple His movements involving intricate proce e Manners of deliberation and choice, with a cor Blind responding development of feeling ant Wedding, accumulation of knowledge. The fun damental element in will desire was either for pleasure or for removal of pain Desire contains a representative facto (object of desire) and a feeling; it is e en (MRS. tially an active phenomenon, whet he mental or physical. To convert desir Amerinto a voluntary act of will (volition) th Ma . further representation is required o New some action leading to the realization one of of the desired object, together’;with < novelists. strong feeling of the worth of that object Freeman, knowledge both of end and means i gained from practical experience. Henc its growth implies ‘increasing foresigh Penn and feeling, which is the impelling force is a The motives to action are increased, ant has rivalry between several impulses leads t (1920) deliberation and choice before action Hence the metaphysical and ethic a question of free-will, a discu ion com plicated by various meanings given ti colonel ‘freedom.’ Freedom may mean absenc: to of political or physical restraints; by west Kant is applied to action under th of guidance of reason. According t comWundt, freedom equals a capacity to br dis determined by a reflective choice be tween motives. "With Green, a mere natural want is not a motive, whic implies the action of self-consciousnes: his or on the want, the adoption of an end bj in a self-conscious subject, which tries t alter realize it. Determinism is to be dis if it tinguished from fatalism Mi nate cod It regards the person himself as the prod. and uct of causes; fatalism affirms the con: pro vis straint of the will by external causes.