The importance of Emotions in Critical Thinking
The Importance Of Emotions In Logical Reasoning & Decision Making
Emotions are important because they are essential in controlling almost everything we do, say, or think. If a person lacks emotions they lack the ability to make smart choices and decisions. This can fall in the category of logic. Logic is pretty much another word for common sense, it is a necessity in everyday life and making the right (and sometimes wrong) decisions. For example, if somone makes a bad decision such as trusting someone who double crossed or lied to them, they would get a bunch of mixed emotions (sad, mad, ashamed). If a similar situation was to present its self again they would be reminded of what they felt before, gather knowledge, and then make a decision, and hopefully a better one using Logical reasoning and experience. University of Iowa neurologist, Antonio Damasio noticed that his patients that lost the part of their brain that controlled their emotions, their thought process went haywire and made their decision making abilities very poor. Their intelligence was still completely intact. But without emotions influencing the intelligence, Logical decisions could not be made on things like what they prefer, favorite of something, and life choices such as where to live. This goes to Show that emotions are key in almost everything we do except things that do not require very much emotion such as Math. Each and every emotion has its own appeal and affect in our decision making process / logic reasoning. I'm sure most are familiar with Isaac Newtons 3rd law of motion that states, "every action has an equal and opposite reaction". well the same thing loosely applies here. Whenever a situation arises, or a person interacts with another person in conversation this comes into play. basically meaning every emotion has an influence on what choices are made, or how they react to something. Let us say that John and Sean are having a heated argument. Tensions are rising and both
Emotions are important because they are essential in controlling almost everything we do, say, or think. If a person lacks emotions they lack the ability to make smart choices and decisions. This can fall in the category of logic. Logic is pretty much another word for common sense, it is a necessity in everyday life and making the right (and sometimes wrong) decisions. For example, if somone makes a bad decision such as trusting someone who double crossed or lied to them, they would get a bunch of mixed emotions (sad, mad, ashamed). If a similar situation was to present its self again they would be reminded of what they felt before, gather knowledge, and then make a decision, and hopefully a better one using Logical reasoning and experience. University of Iowa neurologist, Antonio Damasio noticed that his patients that lost the part of their brain that controlled their emotions, their thought process went haywire and made their decision making abilities very poor. Their intelligence was still completely intact. But without emotions influencing the intelligence, Logical decisions could not be made on things like what they prefer, favorite of something, and life choices such as where to live. This goes to Show that emotions are key in almost everything we do except things that do not require very much emotion such as Math. Each and every emotion has its own appeal and affect in our decision making process / logic reasoning. I'm sure most are familiar with Isaac Newtons 3rd law of motion that states, "every action has an equal and opposite reaction". well the same thing loosely applies here. Whenever a situation arises, or a person interacts with another person in conversation this comes into play. basically meaning every emotion has an influence on what choices are made, or how they react to something. Let us say that John and Sean are having a heated argument. Tensions are rising and both