Chapter published in:
The Caldron of Consciousness: Motivation, affect and self-organization — An anthologyEdited by Ralph D. Ellis and Natika Newton
[Advances in Consciousness Research 16] 2000
► pp. 91–105
Conscious Emotion in a Dynamic System
How I Can Know How I Feel
Natika Newton | Nassau Community College
A dynamic model of brain mechanisms of consciousness and emotion offers more comprehensive and coherent solutions than the traditional Cartesian model to many traditional puzzles in philosophy of mind. One of these is self-awareness: how is it possible for a conscious being to be reflexively aware of its own consciousness? In this chapter I discuss specific ways this question can be treated using a dynamic model. The discussion has two parts. First, I propose, in general terms, a way in which familiar aspects of conscious emotional states can be viewed as elements of a dynamical system. Second, I show how, on this model, one can be consciously aware of one’s own emotions.
Published online: 14 November 2000
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.16.07new
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.16.07new
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