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Emotion, cognition, and free representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2000

Eoghan Mac Aogáin
Affiliation:
Linguistics Institute of Ireland, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Irelandeoghan@ite.ie www.ite.ie
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Abstract

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The representation of events, in primates at any rate, is a separate process from their emotional evaluation. The same holds for cognitive evaluation. Here too representation and evaluation are separate operations. Acknowledging the symmetry leads to the notion of free representation.

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© 2000 Cambridge University Press