Emotion+2

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What is the relationship between emotions and knowledge?

M.Getch: Knowledge tells us emotion is bad for knowledge. Emotion tells us knowledge is bad for emotion. Like two spurts of undergrowth fighting to grasp hold of a single spot of sunshine in the rain forest, they are constantly at war, and we are the losers

Curtis Wilson-Patterson: Knowledge is obtained through our emotions as well as emotions obtained through how we react and put into practice our knowledge.

Curtis Wilson-Patterson: I believe that the relationship between emotions and knowledge is that emotions can come from past experience. Those past experiences is stored for meomory. Meomory is within the pool of knowledge.

A.Castaneda: Mr.Getch, what motives make you conclude that emotion is bad for knowledge, and the other way around? Also what is your point that you are trying to convey with the spurts?

M.Getch: Andrea when I sit down to do my work, or sit down to write a paper, I have to drown out what I'm thinking about to concentrate. When I sit down to write about what I'm feeling I have to drown out the facts. Both sides are constantly fighting each other for dominance. In that way none wins, and both are distracting. Because at heart I'm a hopeless romantic trying to figure out how to stop being a hopeless romantic.

M. Agundez: Mr. Getch you are somehow over generalizing because sometimes the emotion I feel actually helps me when I do my work and the facts also help me when I want to do a certain drawing. On the other hand negative emotions do affect me when i am doing work or a drawing so i can kind of associate with what you mean but whether emotions effect knowledge and vice versa depends on the individual that is facing this so called problem.

L. Silva: Since knowledge and emotion are both based on experiences. Would it be safe to say that emotion is a less rational version of knowledge?

A.Castaneda: Mr. Silva I believe that your conclusion on emotion is irrelevent because emotion can be a very productive source ok knowledge; however, I wouldn't categorize or underscore it to knowledge.

G.Yanez; Since we have concluded that our emotions are the most basic method by which we can cquire knowledge, then we can state that knowledge and emotions are closely related.

A.Castaneda: Mr.Yanez, I disagree with you I do not believe that emotions are the most basic method by which we can acquire knowledge; however, I would like to know what makes you conclude that opinion?

J.Carvajal: I agree with Ms. Castaneda because our emotions are not the most basic method by which we acquire knowledge

N.Cuevas: We can obtain knowledge through emotions but we cannot acquire personal emotions through knowledge.

J.Carvajal: But Ms. Cuevas can we always obtain knowledge through our emotions?

L. Silva: Yes Mr. Carvajal, it is possible for knowledge to be obtained through emotions, although very seldom.

A. Castaneda: Well Mr.Silva, reflect on it, don't you gain knoweldge everytime you have an emotion some way or another?

J. Olivas: What knowledge would you obtain from being angry in the same way to a similar situation each time? In other words, if you eel the same emotion have you gained any knowledge?

MY COMMENTS DO NOT APPEAR ON THE PAGE :s OMG....!!!! M.Getch: I beg to differ anonymous poster.

E.Gutierrez:I agree with Mr.Carvajal, Ms.Cuevas. In a family dynamic as distorted as mine, it is frowned upon to show any emotion other than happiness, at least, that's how I interpreted it from my family's actions when i was a child. Because of my upbringing, i've only recently begun to express different emotions than reflect knowledge of inconveniences or untimely events; however, my parents are still rooted in their previously rooted habits.

A.Castaneda: Ms.Gutierrez, so are you trying to say that you bottled up any other type of emotion that wasn't happiness? E.Gutierrez: Indeed, Ms.Castaneda, that's exactly what i did up until the seventh grade. I often still have problems expressing emotions other than happiness because I was accustomed to the habit of hiding them for so long.

E.Gutierrez: It is impossible for knowledge and emotion to coexist harmoniously in a healthy mind. The extent of my knowledge leads me to believe this statement is is true, however i am also desperately trying to think of an example that will negate it.

E.Tenort: Before this weeks readings I did not think there was much of a relationship between then two. I valued knowledge over emotions and if given the chance with have gladly given up my emotions for just knowledge. But during the reading I realized that without emotions there would be nothing to fuel the pursuit of knowledge, no reason to get out of bed, life would be truly meaningless. The man with out emotions would have no direction "why look for truth" he might ask and come up with no answer that pleases him. For the benefit of man kind? no that does not entrust him he has no love. To make his own life easier? no he feels no pain so that makes no difference to him. For the joy of truth? no joy will come to him. To impress others? no he has no need for the acceptance of others, for there congratulations, for there joyous cries. He would just sit there and reason until he came to the conclusion his life is meaningless this however would not make him sad, would not make him want to kill himself, it would just cause him to sit there until he died like he knew he would have to eventually.

E.Tenort: Knowing that there are still **some** emotions I would give up.

M. Agundez: I know we haven't really studied logic but if there was a murderer in your house and gave you the choice of killing someone to save your life and you kill the person, are you acting on emoton or logic because you don't want to die?

J. Olivas: I think in regards to Manuel's question it may well be both. It would be both fear of death, fear being the emotion, and reason where the person deems it logical to live.

E. Peterson: Knowledge creates emotions, as will not having knowledge. You have ridden a roller coaster and you know that it is a very fun ride, full of thrills; therefor, you know that that ride brings you joy and happiness and excitement. Someone else has not ridden that same roller coaster and they're confronted with that such attraction. They might fear it, and they will be very nervous and scared. That is a simple demonstration of how knowledge can create emotion.

M.Gutierrez: There is a big relationship between knowledge and emotion,I believe that emotion is knowledge because if we love someone do we not hold the knowledge of how love feels like?

M.Gutierrez: I agree with Mr. Peterson with his statement that knowledge can create emotion. But, we can also create knowledge through emotion. A person that is in pain can and will try to stop that pain from hurting them and through that experience of pain that person will find knowledge because they will find a way of stopping the pain. For example a fire is hot and i touch it, it burns me, now I will not touch the flame again because it will bring me pain if I do.

E. Peterson: In response to Mr. Gutierrez's post, I would have to disagree because, knowledge created that sense of pain, and afterwards of course lets not touch that because its hot and i felt pain last time i touched it. That is not emotion creating knowledge that is just the recognition of a knowledge already existent that creates an emotion which you can remember. So if something causes you pain you can come up with other similar incidents that can cause that such pain or any other motion because of recognition not knowledge.