Evaluate the ways in which emotion might enhance and/or undermine reasoning as a way of knowing.

... Theory of Knowledge Essay #1 Chantelle McMullin March 17th/08 Word count: 1229 McMullin 1 Evaluate the ways in which emotion might enhance and/or undermine reasoning as a way of knowing." "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't" is a common quote from a famous Shakespeare tragedy. It says that one may use emotion and madness as a disguise for their real plan. That you can use emotion to help make important decisions. But is this true or does emotion just get in the way and lead us to make rash decisions that we will later regret? First of all to define reasoning. Reasoning is the mental (cognitive) process of looking for reasons for beliefs, conclusions, actions or feelings. Humans have the ability to engage in reasoning about their own reasoning using introspection. Different forms of such reflection on reasoning occur in different fields. Many people believe that they make decisions using their brain, but is

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