http://www.wal.org/wordpress/index.php/2009/03/30/emotions-and-grammar/ News and Information from the oldest nonprofit language school in Seattle, WA! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:23:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://www.wal.org/wordpress/index.php/2009/03/30/emotions-and-grammar/#comment-441 Jeff Carreira Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:23:39 +0000 http://www.wal.org/wordpress/index.php/2009/03/30/emotions-and-grammar/#comment-441 In recent studies and blogging have found William James's view of the sequence of events to provide unending insight and fascination. I think it stemmed from his recognition that human activity was a primary and intimately integral part of reality. Human action was not a response to reality - it was part of the creation of reality. So running from the bear acctually is intimately connected to the arising of fear. If you don't run, perhaps you wouldn't feel fear in the same way. Certainly if you didn't run, it would be hard to tell from the outside if you were feeling fear. Thank you for this throughtful discussion. In recent studies and blogging have found William James’s view of the sequence of events to provide unending insight and fascination. I think it stemmed from his recognition that human activity was a primary and intimately integral part of reality. Human action was not a response to reality - it was part of the creation of reality. So running from the bear acctually is intimately connected to the arising of fear. If you don’t run, perhaps you wouldn’t feel fear in the same way. Certainly if you didn’t run, it would be hard to tell from the outside if you were feeling fear. Thank you for this throughtful discussion.

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