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Emotional Experience in the Computational Belief–Desire Theory of Emotion

Rainer Reisenzein

Institute of Psychology, University of Greifswald, Germany, rainer.reisenzein{at}uni-greifswald.de

Based on the belief that computational modeling (thinking in terms of representation and computations) can help to clarify controversial issues in emotion theory, this article examines emotional experience from the perspective of the Computational Belief–Desire Theory of Emotion (CBDTE), a computational explication of the belief–desire theory of emotion. It is argued that CBDTE provides plausible answers to central explanatory challenges posed by emotional experience, including: the phenomenal quality, intensity and object-directedness of emotional experience, the function of emotional experience and its relation to cognition and motivation, and the relation between emotional experience and emotion. In addition, CBDTE avoids most objections that have been raised against cognitive theories of emotion. A remaining objection, that beliefs are not necessary for the emotions covered by CBDTE, is rejected as empirically unsupported.

Key Words: affective computing • belief–desire theory of emotion • emotional experience • metarepresentation

Emotion Review, Vol. 1, No. 3, 214-222 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1754073909103589
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