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Evaluate the ways in which emotion might enhance and/or undermine reasoning as a Way of Knowing.
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Evaluate the ways in which emotion might enhance and/or undermine reasoning as a Way of Knowing. Hannah Karwatowska D0436-020 May 2003 WORD COUNT: 1220 Evaluate the ways in which emotion might enhance and/or undermine reason as a Way of Knowing When answering this question, one must asses what reasoning actually is. In 1651 Thomas Hobbes published his magnum opus, Leviathan, in which he concluded that reason was an immediate function of all senses, and does not exist without them, meaning that reasoning is adding up all the signals from our senses and things we know. Emotions can both enhance and undermine reasoning, both consciously and unconsciously. As a society, we are taught that emotions not only hinder reasoning, but also render the individual weak; however there are certain situations when emotions can help a situation, just as there are situations when emotions cloud the reasoning process. Our emotions are used to manipulate others with, and...
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