Where a scientific analysis shows that we react in a given way because similar actions in our past have had particular consequences, the mentalist may insist that we act because we have stored memories of past actions and of their consequences, which we now scan in order to reach certain expectations leading to an act of will which initiates behavior (p.51)
Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition (1999). Chapter 5: “Man”. Quote 3
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