Philosophy 2410F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thought Experiment, Prefrontal Cortex
1 Jan 2019
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Influenced by darwin: coarse emotions (standard emotions/very clear origins) vs. subtle emotions, pg. Lock and key analogy : creatures have certain pre-set biological responses (eg. cat and mouse are predetermined to hate each other, certain stimulus is going to provoke an emotional response, biologically hardwired doesn"t require thought. We need to not only look at the outward response, but also the inner response (eg. heartbeat: scientifically measurable (more concrete, all outward emotions have inner components. Occurred at the time of differentiation between philosophy and psychology. Uses the term higher power" to invite all people (no matter what religion) Lived in an era where we are going from studying the soul to studying the mind. Engage in armchair" philosophy (classifying emotions: james finds this boring, you need to find empirical evidence, look at the causal laws, not just classification. Common sense view of emotion: pg.
