[MD] Emotions

[mark_maxwell at talktalk.net]

Andre:
Emotions are a biological patterns of value.
'The MoQ sees emotions as a biological response to quality'...' (Lila's Child).
They have been given social meaning and cultural (social and intellectual PoV's) interpretations. ( this may, in many instances lead to their 'complexity' as Ian says but I think the complexity is a matter of cultural interpretation).

Hi Andre,
I think this quote confirms that I understand RMP’s position, and If so I agree with it.
Emotions are a biological response to biological quality, social quality, and intellectual quality. Thus, the intellectually aesthetic of E = mc2 is experienced as a biological emotion; the Church as a social organisation is experienced as a biological emotion.

Such a huge repertoire of relationships, each eliciting emotional responses, may appear confusing. But I think the confusion dissipates when the ancient role of biological emotions is transplanted from the plains to the city; apes in the city.

Biological emotion is at the core of it all.

Our very emotional need for God, or indeed any notion of certainty (1 + 1 = 2, internal angles of a triangle = 180 degrees, polar opposites), authority (priest, president, teacher, the uniformed - office and street) and comfort (parents, family) is our biological heritage.
I was thinking about those who may find this unpalatable, and it occurred to me that objections to the position stated above may be reduced to a desire on their behalf to avoid acknowledging what they are.

A question may be, ‘are emotions a biological basis for quality’?

All the best,
squonk