Towards A Computational Theory of Mood
http://www3.oup.co.uk/phisci/hdb/Volume_51/Issue_04/510743.sgm.abs.html
Moods have global and profound effects on our thoughts, motivations and
behavior. To understand human behavior and cognition fully, we must
understand moods. In this paper I critically examine and reject the
methodology of conventional `cognitive theories' of affect. I lay the
foundations of a new theory of moods that identifies them with processes of
our cognitive functional architecture. Moods differ fundamentally from some
of our other affective states and hence require distinct explanatory tools.
The computational theory of mood I propose places them within the context of
other mental phenomena and is consistent with the empirical data on moods.
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
3M TA3
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I think I must add "free will" to the list of "consciousness" "phlogiston"
"vitalism" and "mind" as examples of useless hypotheses.
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