Quoting Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [Platt] > To care is to value. > > [Ron] > Now that, makes a connection. To care is to value.. > Is quality an emotion? Is it THE emotion the one which > All others stem? > > Emotion, in its most general definition, is an intense mental state that > arises > automatically in the nervous system rather than through conscious > effort, and > evokes either a positive or negative psychological response. An emotion > is often > differentiated from a feeling. > > Emotion would seem to be termed simularly to a value response > James-Lange theory "William James proposed that contrary to common > belief, awareness of bodily changes activated by a stimulus "is the > emotion" (1890, p449). If no bodily changes are felt, there is only an > intellectual thought, devoid of emotional warmth." > One of the most influential classification approaches in the study of > emotion is Robert Plutchik's eight primary emotions. The emotions that > Plutchik lists as primary are: > > anger > fear > sadness > joy > disgust > surprise > curiosity > acceptance > Similar to the way primary colors combine, primary emotions are believed > to blend together to form the full spectrum of human emotional > experience. Plutchik reasons that these eight are primary on > evolutionary grounds, by 'relating each to behavior with survival > value'. > > Value.
"The MOQ sees emotions as a biological response to quality and not the same thing as quality. There are many cases, particularly in economic activity where values occur without any emotion." (Pirsig, Note 141, Lila's Child) ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
