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Emotion

Emotion. Theory of Knowledge. Friend or foe?. Is emotion an obstacle to or a source of knowledge? . What is emotion?. Latin for “to move” Internal feelings + external behavior Varies in intensity Mood – an emotion that continues for an extended period of time. Primary Emotions.

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Emotion

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  1. Emotion Theory of Knowledge

  2. Friend or foe? • Is emotion an obstacle to or a source of knowledge?

  3. What is emotion? • Latin for “to move” • Internal feelings + external behavior • Varies in intensity • Mood – an emotion that continues for an extended period of time

  4. Primary Emotions • Happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, disgust • Common to all cultures • Appear to be inborn

  5. James-Lange Theory • Emotions are essentially physical in nature • Bodily changes come before, and cause, emotional changes • Empathy may be the result of mimicry of the physical manifestations of another’s emotional state

  6. Social Emotions • Ambition, contempt, embarrassment, envy, gratitude, guilt, indignation, jealousy, pride, shame, sympathy • Emotions also appear to have a mental dimension • When our beliefs change, so can our emotions

  7. Emotional Energy • Achievements in virtually all areas of knowledge appear to be fueled by passion

  8. Emotion as an Obstacle • Can distort our perceptions, ability to reason, and ability to use language • Emotional coloring, rationalizations, bias, fallacious reasoning, emotive language • Fanaticism • Poor decision-making, short- vs. long-term thinking, inability to resist temptation • Is stoicism the answer?

  9. Emotions as a Source of Knowledge • Without emotions, decision-making becomes impossible • Emotions may help us to make decisions by narrowing down the number of options • Reason and emotion appear to be more closely related than previously thought • Rather than opposites, we can think 0f our emotions as more or less rational

  10. Intuition • Aha moments of sudden insight • Sixth sense

  11. Core intuitions • Is it possible that all of our knowledge is ultimately based on intuition? • Romanticism – the mostly literary movement that emphasized the importance of emotions as a means of making sense of the world • Problem of conflicting intuitions, possibility of being wrong • Subject-specific intuitions appear to be especially prone to error • Social intuitions are also highly prone to error • Educated intuitions are likely to be more reliable than natural ones • Intuitions should be tested against other ways of knowing

  12. Reference • van de Lagemaat, R. (2011). Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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