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Emotion. As a Way of Knowing. What is an emotion?. List all the emotions you can think of. >:[. Emotion – Easier Questions. Is there a hierarchy to emotions? Are some emotions more real than others? Are feelings the same as emotions? How similar is intuition and emotion?.
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Emotion As a Way of Knowing
What is an emotion? • List all the emotions you can think of.
Emotion – Easier Questions • Is there a hierarchy to emotions? • Are some emotions more real than others? • Are feelings the same as emotions? • How similar is intuition and emotion?
Emotion – Intermediate • Which areas of knowledge are influenced most/least by emotion? • Should any area of knowledge use emotion as a way of acquiring knowledge? • Can emotion be recognized and understood by other minds? • How are emotions communicated? • Is it possible that emotions are triggered by physiological reactions? If so if we took these away would there still be emotions? • How does culture, upbringing, or experience influence emotion? How different are emotions between people of different cultures?
Emotion - Difficult • Are emotion and reason equally necessary in justifying moral decisions? • “…we will always learn more about human life and human personality from novels than from scientific psychology” Noam Chomsky. To what extent would you agree? • How big of a role should emotion play in the evaluation of knowledge claims? • Do people act their way into feeling or feel their way into action? What is the relationship between emotion and experience? Relate to a CAS activity.