Yes, I would argue that emotions as I see it is juice or energy.I think you would probably want to argue that emotion as you see it is this juice or energy that comes over us and interferes with our ability to achieve understanding, but this psychologist’s view is that striving rationally to achieve gain of knowledge and prevent loss of understanding , and anticipation of situations that may pose a threat to such goals , is precisely what emotion is. — Joshs
Pascal used the words very carefully by saying, 'We know the truth not only by reason, but by the heart.'"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart" — skyblack
With a gun built from intelligence, the bear can be killed easily.
With a vaccine made from intelligence, soon covid is also going to be wiped. — Kinglord1090
I dont know where the part of science came in as, science know that the heart, in fact doesnt have consciousness or the ability to think.
If we take heart as a metaphor for emotions, then science still doesnt agree that emotions are required to find truth.
Please read the quote carefully.
"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart"
— skyblack
Pascal used the words very carefully by saying, 'We know the truth not only by reason, but by the heart.'
It does not say that, in order to find truth, emotions are necessary, only that it has been useful in achieving it, so far.
He doesnt state that emotions are required to find out the truth, only that it is a viable tool in doing so, an alternate way, if you will.
Pascal once said, "The understanding and the feelings are moulded by intercourse; the understanding and feelings are corrupted by intercourse. Thus good or bad society improves or corrupts them. It is, then, all-important to know how to choose in order to improve and not to corrupt them; and we cannot make this choice, if they be not already improved and not corrupted. Thus a circle is formed, and those are fortunate who escape it."
Meaning, if somehow everything doesn't go right, tht is if violence still continues to be a thing, it would from an unbreakable circle, and the only one fortunate enough to break out of it would make the choice to die rather than live in such a world. — Kinglord1090
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Science begs to differ.
If we go to the root of all emotions and desires, we are not that different from robots.
I believe that emotions and desires don't define us, our intelligence does.
A murderer has reasons to do crime, he did it because of his desire to kill or emotion.
Whereas if he just used logic, he would have come to the conclusion of killing someone. — Kinglord1090
I have always looked at hypotheticals, as something where we can assume the wildest of things, yet with reason still find an answer.Actually not so much in this context; hypotheticals are used to illustrate a type of thing one might actually come across. By selecting one of such a massive scale there are plenty of directions that could be imagined, but ultimately it will be difficult to maintain a point of view with any justified confidence. It's the right idea just a very broad application in a semantically sensitive environment. — Cheshire
I apologize if I sounded like I meant religion wasnt based on logic.In actuality theology employs the same logical process but starts with some major assumptions. I don't think it's entirely accurate to portray religion as an activity of pure emotion. Drug addiction, perhaps. — Cheshire
This topic has already been discussed in this post, and thus, i will just post the few necessary points here.It is our emotions that compel us to help humanity. Why would it be logical for us to help humanity as opposed to just our self in a post emotion world? — Down The Rabbit Hole
Unfortunately, the cold harsh truth is that, they will have to die, if they cannot work.Would we leave the disabled that cannot work to die, or give them financial assistance? If the latter, what logical reason is there for doing so? — Down The Rabbit Hole
I wouldnt mind if you dont believe in science or dont share the same opinions as me.You are welcome to a be a faithful follower of an ever-changing god called science. — skyblack
I wouldnt mind if you dont believe in science or dont share the same opinions as me.
However, saying science is ever-changing seems contradictory, as science believes there to be a single non-changing answer for everything.
Apart from that, I guess we have reached an impasse, as I cant simply let all evidences collected by millions of years of research by scientists go to waste. — Kinglord1090
I completely agree with all of your claims here.biology has quite clearly established that emotions are the foundation for behavior. It'f much quicker than your "thinking ability". In fact according to the science of biology you do NOT have any free will. You have NO choice to pick and chose, or to stop your emotions. That's silly to think you can. It doesn't even match our everyday reality. — skyblack
Bruh, if anything, I am on the side which isnt using emotions to form my thoughts.So before you give out advice such as "Please read the quote carefully", it might be best to understand that your comprehension is limited by your thought. I am not being mean here. Just stating a fact. — skyblack
All my replies so far have been either based on logic and reason or been educated guesses. — Kinglord1090
Would we leave the disabled that cannot work to die, or give them financial assistance? If the latter, what logical reason is there for doing so?
— Down The Rabbit Hole
Unfortunately, the cold harsh truth is that, they will have to die, if they cannot work.
As this is the most logical choice.
Before, you say that it is harsh and immoral, do not forget that the very reason humans are the apex species is because of this reality.
The species that couldnt survive in a harsh world by evolving were simply lead to extinction, and those who survived by evolving flourished.
The same logic and fate will follow such a world. — Kinglord1090
It is our emotions that compel us to help humanity. Why would it be logical for us to help humanity as opposed to just our self in a post emotion world?
— Down The Rabbit Hole
This topic has already been discussed in this post, and thus, i will just post the few necessary points here.
Feel free to peruse the entire thing, if you want to.
Helping humanity leads to faster development.
The more people can work in development the better.
In a world void of emotions, development becomes an important factor for life.
As a result, anything that can block development will be removed and anything that can help development will be appreciated. — Kinglord1090
if a referendum were held today, would you vote to stop all payments to the disabled that cannot work?
Yes.
If they resort to stealing, housing them in prison would be a waste of resources. Wouldn't execution be logical to preserve society's resources? — Down The Rabbit Hole
Science doesn't beg to differ. Emotions play a huge role in what we do and how we experience. Determinism says nothing about emotions. If that's what you mean. Even if our emotions are determined, they still play a huge role in us.Science begs to differ.
If we go to the root of all emotions and desires, we are not that different from robots. — Kinglord1090
This is teleological. 'were never meant' attributes intention to evolution. It meant this, it didn't mean that are nonsensical talking about evolution.If we look at evolution, we can easily see that emotions were never meant to be a part of organisms. — Kinglord1090
Seriously, this is confused in a number of waysHowever, saying science is ever-changing seems contradictory, as science believes there to be a single non-changing answer for everything. — Kinglord1090
if a referendum were held today, would you vote to stop all payments to the disabled that cannot work?
Yes.
If they resort to stealing, housing them in prison would be a waste of resources. Wouldn't execution be logical to preserve society's resources?
— Down The Rabbit Hole
If they are capable of stealing then they would also be capable of performing a level of work, therefore are not working by choice, ergo, execution would be an acceptable recourse.
Death is a fairly strong motivator to engage in life. If one refuses to engage, knowing the result to be death, that, to me, is essentially suicide. Who am I to argue with that choice? — Book273
You made a very point point till the part you said that humans in such a world would still develop emotions.
I have said this before in a different reply, but for this hypothetical to work, we have to assume that emotions never existed, and never will — Kinglord1090
Yes, I would argue that emotions as I see it is juice or energy.
The reason for it is simple, thats how we have been told it is.99% of people who arent interested in philosophy would give this same answer if asked.
Because thats what we have defined emotions to be.
If we were to ignore this definition, and use the psychologist’s definition instead, then we would have never had this problem. — Kinglord1090
People will suffer pain in a world without emotions. Would you rather there is no one alive, which is the ony guarantee of no suffering, or one where people are alive?Would you rather -
1) Live in a world with emotions, where people suffer and commit murder.
2) Live in a world with eternal peace, but no way of being happy.
My choice is clearly the second world.
I dont want to see anyone suffer. — Kinglord1090
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