Chapter 2: Feeling States and Cognitive States
In this chapter, I take a closer look at the various instances of cognitive and non-cognitive mental states that have been mentioned so far. My proposal will be that all mental states fall into one of two general classes, either the class of feeling states or the class of cognitive states. In other words, I propose that, irrespective of what else might be true of each mental state, it belongs to one of these two classes. Some examples for the class of feeling states besides emotional responses are feeling fearful, feeling joyful, etc., and an example for the class of cognitive states besides beliefs are inferences (we will get to a more detailed description in a moment). I will argue that each ...
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