The representational structure of feelings
The representational structure of feelings
The word “feeling” denotes a reactive, subjective experience with a distinctive embodied phenomenal quality. Several types of feelings are usually distinguished, such as bodily, agentive, affective, and metacognitive feelings. The hypothesis developed in this article is that all feelings are represented in a specialized, non-conceptual “expressive” mode, whose function is evaluative and action-guiding. Feelings, it is claimed, are conceptually impenetrable. Against a two-factor theory of feelings, it is argued, in the cases of affective and metacognitive feelings, that background beliefs can circumvent feelings in gaining the control of action, but cannot fully suppress them or their motivational potential.
Open MIND
Open MIND
- Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Germany
- Johannes Gutenberg-University Germany
100 Philosophy, ddc:100, 150, 100 Philosophie, 100
100 Philosophy, ddc:100, 150, 100 Philosophie, 100
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