Comments on: Emotional Truth: The Search Starts Here

By: Abysmal Musings

Abysmal Musings — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:09:00 +0000

And if we have a deterministic view of existence? Sartre's conception of the consciousness was so badly flawed that I'm surprised he was quoted.

After all, to have the possibility of 'choice' - to be capable of a judgement that is unaffected by environment - there has to be an uncrossable barrier between that part of us and the rest of existence, and if that was possible, then the judgement we could make could not cross back to influence our actions within the rest of existence. I don't subscribe, I'm afraid. However, I do think homo sapiens muddles along as individuals far better believing they have choice on an ad hoc basis.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:53:00 +0000

Robert Solomon: excellent choice! Truly a connector between psychological and philosophical worlds!

Sharon

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:51:00 +0000

The scientific data is lacking because a Unified Theory of Emotion (now at http://www.surfyoursoul.com ) has been lacking. The theory needs to be tested: pure fear (vibration) is adrenaline; pure sadness (stillness or slowness)is serotonin; pure anger (tension or tightening) is norepinephrine; pure happiness (or momentum, wave energy) is dopamine.

Sharon

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:02:00 +0000

I was hoping to read about the physical/chemical reasons why we have our emotions. Of course we have complete control over our behavior and actions. But there are chemical reasons behind why we feel the way we feel. I am disappionted in the lack of scientific facts behind this article.

By: Jeremy (PsyBlog author)

Jeremy (PsyBlog author) — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:05:00 +0000

Nikeroo, there are psychological techniques for controlling emotions that may work in some circumstances. The ones to use depend on the nature of the undesired response they are addressing. These kinds of techniques are explained in many self-help books and are in widespread use by therapists.

By: Nikeroo

Nikeroo — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:09:00 +0000

The theories and studies are useful but where is the control mechanism and the studies to show they work??

If we have control then there must be steps we can take to realise it? I would be interested in reading something about this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:44:00 +0000

I too, will be waiting and watching for future posts.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:29:00 +0000

Interesting read...

By: Dr X

Dr X — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:16:00 +0000

Jeremy,

Interesting! I look forward to future posts in this series.