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Catttt Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
but when they are
1. Does "but when they are" imply "but when they are registered" or "but when they are unregistered"? I think the latter. yes?
2. Does "wilful control of the automated emotions" mean "wilful control over the automated emotions"?
3. Does "unregistered" mean "unconscious"?
Context:
According to Damasio, emotions are not conscious states in themselves, they happen beyond our control, though they may be on show in public. Our linguistic metaphors give us a clue here – we are ‘filled with’ dread, a surge of contentment ‘suffuses’ us, a sense of the ridiculous ‘comes over’ us. Sometimes our feelings, too, remain unregistered but when they are, they are private property, experienced by the individual alone. ‘Feelings open the door for some measure of wilful control of the automated emotions,’ Damasio writes.
2. Does "wilful control of the automated emotions" mean "wilful control over the automated emotions"?
3. Does "unregistered" mean "unconscious"?
Context:
According to Damasio, emotions are not conscious states in themselves, they happen beyond our control, though they may be on show in public. Our linguistic metaphors give us a clue here – we are ‘filled with’ dread, a surge of contentment ‘suffuses’ us, a sense of the ridiculous ‘comes over’ us. Sometimes our feelings, too, remain unregistered but when they are, they are private property, experienced by the individual alone. ‘Feelings open the door for some measure of wilful control of the automated emotions,’ Damasio writes.
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1. The norm in my experience would be for the 'but' to reverse the 'un', giving 'but when they are registered'. In contrast, ' and when they are' would normally be used for continuing the meaning of 'unregistered'.
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- The norm in my experience would be for the 'but' to reverse the 'un', giving 'but when they are registered'.
- In contrast, ' and when they are' would normally be used for continuing the meaning of 'unregistered'.
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- Yes, like control of a car.
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1. The norm in my experience would be for the 'but' to reverse the 'un', giving 'but when they are registered'. In contrast, 'and when they are' would normally be used for continuing the meaning of 'unregistered'.
2. Yes, like control of a car.
3. 'Unregistered' would be something like 'unnoticed'.
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2. Yes, like control of a car.
3. 'Unregistered' would be something like 'unnoticed'.
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meteorquakeThe norm in my experience would be for the 'but' to reverse the 'un', giving 'but when they are registered'.Do you think, then, it means "registered" by the person experiencing the feelings? I was trying to work it out along your lines myself, but I couldn't understand how a feeling could be "unregistered" by the person experiencing it. It wouldn't
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Sometimes our feelings, too, remain unregistered but when they are, they are private property, experienced by the individual alone.
it's certainly saying that feelings are unregistered some of the time
Sometimes our feelings, too, remain unregistered but when they are, they are private property, experienced by the individual alone.
it's certainly saying that feelings are unregistered some of the time
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meteorquakeSometimes we get feelings we don't notice we are havingOK, this is what I can't personally compute -- a feeling that one doesn't notice one is having. However, I guess there are different opinions.
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