RE: What's the point of philosophy any more?
March 26, 2018 at 4:50 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2018 at 4:52 pm by Whateverist.)
(March 26, 2018 at 2:18 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Our "chemical existence" is -included- in the information processing explanation. Electro-chemical information processing. That's why neuropeptide receptors are targets for drugs.
Of course all the information processing depends on chemistry all the way. I'm trying to say I think that propositional thought does not give rise to what we feel; rather, that comes from a different chemical loop probably tied up with the endocrine system. From the point of view of our rational thought - or propositional musings- feeling and emotion just happen and we sometimes have to figure out what it is we're feeling. If we feel motivated to act on emotion we may rationally decide to retrain action or we may decide to put rational thought in the service of acting on those impulses more effectively. Feeling/emotion have their own agendas which can be fueled by very primitive impulses or suppressed desires of which we're no longer aware. We don't rationally choose our feelings and emotions, more likely they direct the course of our deliberations.
