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Ways of Knowing: Emotion

Terms in this set (19)

apathy
the Stoics advocated for this state of mind; "without passion"
debugging intuition
Cautious about trusting natural intuitions to a more sophisticated and reliable understanding of the world
emotional coloring
can make us aware of some aspects of reality to the exclusion of others
emotive language
he concludes that immigrants are 'bone idle' and 'don't know the meaning of hard work'
empathy intuitions
Unconsciously mimicking physical expressions of one's mood
James-Lange Theory
the emotions are essentially physical in nature and bodily changes come before, and causes, emotional changes
primary emotions
happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, disgust
rational fool
when you lose the ability to make decisions because you don't use emotions, that help you make rational decisions
romanticism
school of thought that is associated with the emotions
social emotion
Ambition, contempt, embarrassment, envy, gratitude, guilt, indignation, jealousy, pride, shame, and sympathy human being experience
stoicism
ideal situation would be the one in which we did not have any emotions at all and could look at the world in a balanced and objective way
four kinds of propositions
analytical
analytic statements
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empirical statements
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value-judgments
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metaphysical statements
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paradigms as knowledge filters
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emotions as ways of knowing
1. emotions as an obstacle to knowledge
2. emotion as a source of knowledge
3. intuition
obstacle to knowledge
perception- emotional coloring
reason- your beliefs
language- slang
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