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[I]: an identification-bound model of (ir-)rational emotion
an abstract accepted for MathPsych 2023([I] is pronounced, "Optional I")
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[I], or more elaborately, PE[I(s)]X,
expresses a model of (ir-)rational emotion presented here: Perception,
Evaluation, (optional) Identification with situation, eXecution. The
paper presents the model as a minimal logical addition to an
uncontroversial emotion-processing model for the case of human
emotional psychology: adding [I]. It is here claimed that emotion is
greatly inhibitory, and Identification is an inhibitory
factor. Rational (identification bound) and irrational (unbound)
emotions are hereby distinguished. Several superficially-distinct
emotional categories are here derived as forming a natural category of
unbound emotion, under the assumption that identification binds
emotion, and given a certain non-action, namely
non-identification. Applying non-identification to a variety of
generic circumstances yields the following, or very closely related,
emotional categories:
("=" means "can be defined as", and
This model characterizes at least the above high virtues, also the unbound emotional states of emotional flow, serenity, bliss, and transcendence, and also the central emotional messages of each great religion. The results are consistent with many empirical findings from a variety of sources, traditions, and cultures, not least J.A. Martin's main finding in his work on Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience that transitions to higher levels are characterized by reduced level of self talk. This paper reviews the [I] model, its relationship to math, its ramifications and explanatory role in human emotion. |