TOK: Emotion as a Filter to Knowledge

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Chapter 6: EMOTION

The Nature of Emotions:

The word 'emotion' is derived from the Latin word movere meaning 'to move'. In general sense it includes feelings, passions, and moods etc. An emotion usually consists of various internal feelings and external forms of behavior, and it can vary in intensity from mild irritation to blind anger. Passion is reserved for a strong emotion where mood is an emotion which continues for a period of time.

* Primary Emotions:

The six basic or primary emotions are: happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise,

And disgust. Important to remember is that even children who are born blind and deaf show these emotions and therefore this suggests that they are inborn rather than learnt.

* The James Lange Theory:

There exists a close relationship between our bodies and our emotions as the primary emotions

have a typical facial expression associated with them. According to James Lange theory, the emotions are physical in nature, and bodily changes cause emotional changes as they come before them as well.

If you remove the physical symptoms, the corresponding emotion disappears. And similarly,