PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Orbitofrontal Cortex, Selective Perception, Epicureanism
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Sartre- magical transformation by the emotions of how we see the world. This is reflected in the many aphorisms that capture the effects of emotion upon cognition: we see the world through jaundiced eyes or rose colored glasses. when angry, afraid, or in love we construe the world in different lights. Epicureans and stoics- to lead a good life, emotions should be extirpated altogether. Many philosophers assumed that emotions are lower, less sophisticated, more primitive ways of perceiving the world, especially when juxtaposed with loftier forms of reason. Human society is better off when the more primitive passions are reigned in by rational thought: exception was hume- reason is and ought to be the slave of passion . Emotions are often the product of rather complex beliefs about real events in the world. Cognitive science-in 1960s, idea that emotions guide cognitive processes in rational, adaptive, fashion. Simon-emotions set priorities among diff goals-complex organisms like humans.
