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'''Purpose''' is the [[cognitive]] awareness in cause and effect linking for achieving a goal in a given [[system]], whether [[human]] or [[machine]]. Its most general sense is the anticipated result which guides [[decision]] making in choosing appropriate [[action]]s within a range of strategies in the [[process]] (a conceptual scheme) based on varying degrees of [[ambiguity]] about the [[knowledge]] that creates the contextualisation for the action. Purpose serves to change the [[state]] of conditions in a given environment, usually to one with a perceived better set of conditions or parameters from the previous state. This change is the [[motivation]] that serves the locus of control and goal orientation. In [[psychology]] and psychiatry, the [[experience]] of lacking a purpose in one's life is known as [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acedia accidy].
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'''Purpose''' is the [[cognitive]] awareness in cause and effect linking for achieving a goal in a given [[system]], whether [[human]] or [[machine]]. Its most general sense is the anticipated result which guides [[decision]] making in choosing appropriate [[action]]s within a range of strategies in the [[process]] (a conceptual scheme) based on varying degrees of [[ambiguity]] about the [[knowledge]] that creates the contextualisation for the action. Purpose serves to change the [[state]] of conditions in a given environment, usually to one with a perceived better set of conditions or parameters from the previous state. This change is the [[motivation]] that serves the locus of control and goal orientation. In [[psychology]] and psychiatry, the [[experience]] of lacking a purpose in one's life is known as accidy.
      
First attested in c.1290, from earl Old French porpos "aim, [[intention]]", purpose is related to from porposer "to put forth," from Vulgar Latin corruption of por- "forth" (Latin pro- "forth") and Old French poser "to put, place".[1] Purpose is related to the term pose used from 1374 as to "put in a certain position," or "suggest, propose, suppose, assume," a term use in Late Latin debating (c.300–c.700) from pausare "to halt, rest, pause".[2]
 
First attested in c.1290, from earl Old French porpos "aim, [[intention]]", purpose is related to from porposer "to put forth," from Vulgar Latin corruption of por- "forth" (Latin pro- "forth") and Old French poser "to put, place".[1] Purpose is related to the term pose used from 1374 as to "put in a certain position," or "suggest, propose, suppose, assume," a term use in Late Latin debating (c.300–c.700) from pausare "to halt, rest, pause".[2]
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<center>For lessons on '''Purpose''', [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Purpose follow this link].</center>
 
==In human life==
 
==In human life==
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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* Intention
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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