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Perceptual symbol systems and emotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

Louis C. Charland
Louis C. Charland
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7 charland@julian.uwo.ca publish.uwo.ca/~charland
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Abstract

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In his target article, Barsalou cites current work on emotion theory but does not explore its relevance for this project. The connection is worth pursuing, since there is a plausible case to be made that emotions form a distinct symbolic information processing system of their own. On some views, that system is argued to be perceptual: a direct connection with Barsalou's perceptual symbol systems theory. Also relevant is the hypothesis that there may be different modular subsystems within emotion and the perennial tension between cognitive and perceptual theories of emotion.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 1999 , pp. 612 - 613
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press