Category Archives: Philosophy of Science

I don’t like Self-Determination Theory (SDT). The constructs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness, of which it is made, seem like ill-defined semi-arbitrary categories that are not really MECE (mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive). No doubt my criticism, in part, stems from the fact that SDT claims to explain intrinsic motivation, which is another theory IContinue reading “Is Misguided Research Failed Research?”