[Fis] Emotional Sentience & Information

[Marcus Abundis]

Hi Kate,

Thanks for hosting this FIS session! This is an interesting, difficult, and
necessary topic!!
I have read and commented (my rough stream of consciousness notes) on your
introductory essay, which are given in ALL CAPS and is now posted at THIS
link: Comments on Kates Essay
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RGKt8wTpmvAj5rODFMUOMrNq1GNwRogE/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=110456890836031629456&rtpof=true&sd=true__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!R5SGuMhiHGQa_esPovdmlZ8ToTHEScoaCduCdcMhs7CUOIcidgKyD3xJCHms5KC-2nKfiUk8_AA11eEK$ >

Despite my interest in this topic, I am unsure how much I will be able to
participate in this session, given the needs of my own work. That said,
given the difficult nature of the topic, I think your strong/clear guidance
here would be of benefit, if we are to find any gain . . . otherwise there
may be a bit too much 'rollicking discussion' and little thoughtful
exchange.

Thanks

Marcus


On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 9:06 PM Katherine Peil <ktpeil at outlook.com> wrote:

> Hello FIS community,
>
> Katherine Peil Kauffman here, a recent “lurker” following Stuart
> Kauffman’s (and a bit of Carlos’) offerings on the nature of information. I
> found it tremendously inspiring and am now honored to take the discussion
> in the direction of the *role of the emotional system* in biological
> information processing and basal intelligence.
>
> To briefly introduce myself, my inquiry into the nature and function of
> emotion began in clinical psychology, moved through participation in the
> formation of “positive” psychology, and ultimately to the search for
> biological grounds to justify the *value system* implied in the feel-good
> feel-bad categories of feeling. An inter-disciplinary complex systems
> approach culminated in an alternative understanding of the emotional
> system, emphasizing its ancient pre-neural origins in genetic, epigenetic,
> and immune regulation as well as first forms of sensory-motor control.
>
> Central to this new view is that emotion offers a stream of
> “self-regulatory” information  (distinct from “cognition” proper) that has
> remained opaque to science. Placing emotion in this deeper biological
> functional context sheds new light our personal, interpersonal,
> transcendent experiences. I have attached a brief but condensed synopsis of
> this work, ending with a link to my personal website that houses papers,
> talks, and even a little “self-help” seminar book for “Mastering Emotional
> Intelligence” I put together some 25 years ago. (There’s a little something
> for everyone there depending upon how wide or deep the desired dive.)
>
> But my hope for this session is to simply set forth these new ideas and
> focus upon *the informational logic* that I find to be encoded in
> emotional qualia. I encourage you to please take up any strands of inquiry,
> concern, pushback and/or synergy as we explore this new territory.
>
> I look forward to a rollicking discussion.
>
> With special thanks to Pedro and Plaman,
>
> Katherine Peil Kauffman   (Call me Kate if you want!)
>
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