Emotional reasoning

The materialism of this eschatology expressed not body-soul dualism but rather a sense of self as a psychosomatic unity. The idea of person, bequeathed by the Middle Ages to the modern world, was not a concept of soul escaping body or soul using body it was a concept of self in which physicality was integrally bound to sensation, emotion, reasoning, identity-and therefore finally to whatever one means by salvation. ... 

Damasio, A. (1994), Descartes Error Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain, Grosset/Putnam, New York. 

Employee has physical/mental/emotional reason(s) that causes him or her to deviate from the established procedure, due to defects in the fitness-for-duty management system... 

Retire to full-time work Isn t that a contradiction in terms Perhaps, but the fact is that many people retire from large organizations and seek other full-time employment. Their reasons for doing so vary. Some are forced to retire before they are ready. Others want to stay active and involved in work for financial reasons, emotional reasons, or both. Plan D meets these needs. Here are a few facts about working after retirement ... 

Nearly 25 percent of retirees hold jobs—about half for financial reasons and the other half for emotional reasons. 

Whether motivated by financial or emotional reasons, many retirees choose to work full-time in retirement. 

People eat for social and emotional reasons as well as to meet their physical needs. 

Fermentation alcohol has been used almost entirely for beverage purposes in less developed countries. In industrialized nations, even with available ethylene, fermentation alcohol is produced from low-cost surplus and waste materials. With the shift in economics it will compete with synthetic in the latter s fields. It has a monopoly of "gasohol" for political reasons and of beverages for emotional reasons. Fermentation alcohol capacity in the United States is uncertain but is estimated at... 

Ionic liquids (IL) are a new class of salt-like materials that are entirely composed of ions and that are liquid at unusually low temperatures. For the most commonly used definition of the term ionic liquid the boiling point of water was chosen as a reference point, most likely for emotional reasons The term ionic liquids refers to compounds consisting entirely of ions and existing in the liquid state below 100 °C. In many cases the melting point is even below room temperature. 

Damasio, A. R. (1994). Descartes error Emotion, reason and the human brain. New York Avon Books. 

The emotional makeup of a character is also crucial for credibility dialogue plays a role in this, because it is here that character and plot meet. The reason is not always apparent, so let s be explicit it is the emotional reasons that motivate a character toward a goal, a place, or a person and that make the journey dramatic. "I want," "I need," "I must" are the modus operandi of every dramatic form, including the short film. So we turn now to that meeting point of dialogue, character, and emotion—the plot. 

Damasio, A. 1994. Descartes error emotion, reason, and the human twain. New York Avon. 

While it is true that emotion can distort judgment, emotion is also necessary for competent judgment. See, for example, Antonio R. Damasio, Descartes Error Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain New York G. P. Putnam s Sons, 1994). 

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