October 30, 2017 Reading considered today Damasio chapters 2 and 3 Damasio Chapter 2 Of appetites and emotions – Evolution, particularly natural selection Emotion and survival Homeostasis self-regulation to maintain constancy – Nesting of simple within complex "emotions ... aim directly at life regulation by staving off dangers or helping the organism take advantage of an opportunity, or indirectly by facilitating social relations" (p. 39). , sympathy, shame, anger, surprise, contempt, ... Emotions without brains/consciousness paramecium, flies, snails, humans – Do emotions always get it right? The role of learning, beliefs, and values Is anger valuable in today's world? Allport says propriate striving resists, rather than maintains, equilibrium Spinoza's 17th-century thoughts on religion and tolerance on emotions/feelings, body/mind (pp 11-13) Spinoza’s appetite - desire distinction hunger, thirst, curiosity, sex Appetites and Emotions” “Of What comes first: emotions or feelings? (Damasio reference to The King and I on p 71)
October 30, 2017 Reading considered today Damasio chapters 2 and 3 Damasio Chapter 2 – Of appetites and emotions Evolution, particularly natural selection Emotion and survival Homeostasis – self-regulation to maintain constancy Nesting of simple within complex "emotions ... aim directly at life regulation by staving off dangers or helping the organism take advantage of an opportunity, or indirectly by facilitating social relations" (p. 39). , sympathy, shame, anger, surprise, contempt, ... Emotions without brains/consciousness – paramecium, flies, snails, humans Do emotions always get it right? The role of learning, beliefs, and values Is anger valuable in today's world? Allport says propriate striving resists, rather than maintains, equilibrium Spinoza's 17th-century thoughts on religion and tolerance on emotions/feelings, body/mind (pp 11-13) Spinoza’s appetite - desire distinction hunger, thirst, curiosity, sex “Of Appetites and Emotions” What comes first: emotions or feelings? (Damasio reference to The King and I on p 71)
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