Posted by LegWarmers on March 9, 2006, at 21:01:59
In reply to Re: disgust as emotion, posted by 838 on March 9, 2006, at 20:13:38
> > Off the top of my head lol I'd say, yes if the person feels disgust then it counts as the emotion...
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> Ok. So... When people have an aversion to food then they probably feel disgusted...
absolutely, I do anyway>
> What about when animals (eg rats) show an aversion to food?
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> (We can't ask them whether they 'feel' anything at all...)
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> So the problem is...
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> Whether experiments on taste aversion in rats...
> Are relevant to the nature of disgust...
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> ?
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>No Im sure they experience disgust. they feel, you can see it in their eyes. their emotions are differnet in some ways Im sure....
but i also don't know ; )
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