1 1

How to Design An Emotion

Part I · The Problem of Feeling and Emotion

Part I · The Problem of Feeling and Emotion

Author: @Cézjah

Cite Part I · DOI, scholarly record & keywords →
Talk to Author Buy Now
  • Summaries
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
  • PowerPoints
  • Glossary

Part I · The Problem of Feeling and Emotion

In Part I, I ask the question every theory of emotion must answer before it measures, models, or treats anything: what is an emotion? Philosophers and scientists have fought over it for more than two millennia, from Plato, who set desire and spirit against reason, to William James, who declared emotion the feeling of a body changing. Data is not the problem. No one decided what every answer must contain.

I treat pleasure as a test case, never as a foundation. Two camps each seize half the truth. The Distinctive Feeling View rightly puts feeling before thought, but a feeling cannot interpret itself. The Attitudinal View rightly insists that we feel for reasons, but approval cannot explain why approval feels like anything at all.

Their collision yields three rules. A part is never the whole: wanting and liking come apart, so no theory can fuse them. Evidence is not identity: a face, a brain signal, or a spoken report is a clue, never the emotion itself. A name is not understanding: to define anger as whatever people call anger renames the problem without solving it.

An emotion requires a self-governing agent, someone who feels a change, interprets what it means, and holds that meaning to the standard of reason. So I do not start with a definition. I first set the standard every definition must meet. Because emotions stand on ideas, Part I closes on the question that opens Part II: what, exactly, is an idea?

Show More...
video image

How to Design an Emotion, Part I: The Problem of Feeling and Emotion (Deep Dive)

What is an emotion? Before anyone measures, models, or treats emotion, someone has to say what it is. This Analyze This deep dive takes apart Part I of How to Design an Emotion: The Problem of Feeling and Emotion, using pleasure as a case study for the Distinctive Feeling View and the Attitudinal View.

Play Now
21:27
video image

Ch01 - Why We Don’t Agree on the Definition of Emotion

We don’t agree on what emotion is because the two dominant theories explain different parts of the same process but fail to explain it as a whole.

Play Now
01:08
video image

Ch01 - Is It Emotion or Just Physical Arousal?

What feels like attraction or emotion on a first date may be nothing more than physical arousal, until the mind interprets it as meaning.

Play Now
00:35
The Problem of Feeling and Emotion (Deep Dive)

The Problem of Feeling and Emotion (Deep Dive)

In this episode of Analyze This, Dr. Zoe Campbell, the affective neuroscientist in the novel God Father by Cézjah, also the author of How to Design an Emotion, directs two AI pundits through Part I: The Problem of Feeling and Emotion. Before anyone measures, models, or treats emotion, someone has to say what an emotion is. We test pleasure as a case study, watch the Distinctive Feeling View and the Attitudinal View each seize half the truth, and land on three rules: a part is never the whole; evidence is not identity; a name is not understanding. An emotion needs a self-governing agent, someone who feels a change, interprets what it means, and holds that meaning to the standard of reason. Framework: Part I · The Problem of Feeling and Emotion From: How to Design an Emotion (Universal Moral Concepts II) Author: Cézjah (Cecil John) Scholarly / DOI landing: https://newintellectual.com/how-to-design-an-emotion/part-1 Book product: https://newintellectual.com/products/how-to-design-an-emotion Site: https://cezjah.com The views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily those of the author.

The Problem of Feeling and Emotion (How It Works)

The Problem of Feeling and Emotion (How It Works)

The how-it-works edition of Analyze This, companion to the value-proposition episode. Dr. Zoe Campbell directs two AI pundits through the mechanics of Part I: The Problem of Feeling and Emotion — how Chapter 1 builds its method step by step, using pleasure as the diagnostic test case for what any theory of emotion must preserve.

Part I: The Problem of Feeling and Emotion

Part I: The Problem of Feeling and Emotion

Detailed deck for Part I: The Problem of Feeling and Emotion from How to Design an Emotion (Universal Moral Concepts II) by Cézjah (New Intellectual LLC). Before anyone measures, models, or treats emotion, someone has to say what an emotion is. This deck walks Part I of How to Design an Emotion. It tests pleasure as a case study, shows how the Distinctive Feeling View and the Attitudinal View each seize half the truth, and lands on three rules: a part is never the whole, evidence is not identity, and a name is not understanding. An emotion needs a self-governing agent, someone who feels a change, interprets what it means, and holds that meaning to the standard of reason.

  • Browse Now...
    Category: Non Fiction
    Tags: Online
    View full details
    Close

    Thank You for Your Interest!

    You’ve successfully signed up to be notified when the next release of Part I · The Problem of Feeling and Emotion is available. We’re thrilled to share this journey with you and will keep you updated with the latest release information.

    Stay Connected

    Make sure you don’t miss any updates! Subscribe to our newsletter for exclusive release news, insights from the author, and special content directly to your inbox.

    We can’t wait to share the official release of Part I · The Problem of Feeling and Emotion with you. Happy reading!