Yes, regulation or moderation is probably correct.
The mechanism is the same in everybody, what
differs are the subjective experiences.
You are right, the "different slice of the same world"
aspect is responsible for subjective experience and
the famous "qualia" problem. William James said
"The peculiarity of our experiences, that they not only
are, but are known, which their 'conscious' quality is
invoked to explain, is better explained by their
relations - these relations themselves being
experiences - to one another."
Subjective experience seems to depend on individual
memories: each perception is linked to similar perceptions
one has experienced before. Since every person has a
slightly different history resulting in different
memories and experiences, each person has a unique,
individual subjective experience, dependent on his
individual slice of the world.
-J.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas Thompson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Emotions as Adaptation
Jochen,
I tend to think of emotions as regulations. What makes them vary among
people is that people live in different worlds (well, different "slices"
of
the same world) and have different regulator set points, determined both
by
their experience and innate physiology.
I will have a look at the post.
Nick
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