CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris

CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris

CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris

CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris

CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris

CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris

CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris

CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris

1.L’action est subordonnée à l’état affectif.

• le sujet (corps/esprit) est son propre motif.

Sentio ergo sum

Scio ergo sum

BRAIN

GENOM ETIME

nervous system

hormonal system

immune system

CORPORAL DIMENSION

EXTRA CORPORAL DIMENSION-individual environment -

Tous les comportements humains et animaux sont organisés autour de deux états affectifs fondamentaux : plaisir et aversion. Les émotions peuvent être définis comme des sentiments fondamentaux qui assistent le pouvoir de l’action en maximisant le plaisir et en minimisant l’aversion.

Contraste affectif

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AROUSAL

Pai n

Pl easure

SURPRISE - JOY - ANGERSADNESS -FEAR- DISGUST

Cnidarians

Echinoderms

Hemichordates

Urochordates

Cephalochordates (Amphioxus)

Agnathans

Teleosts

Tetrapodes

(Ciona)

(Lampreys)

(medaka, danio)

(Xenopus, chicken, mouse)

Chordates

Deuterostomes

Protostomes

Craniates(Vertebrates)

Diblastics

Triblastics/BilateriaArthropodes

Amphioxus larvæ

Zebrafish embryo

Dopamine : a contingent modulator of brain functions

Olfaction

Vision (retina)

MotivationEmotions

Sensori-motor programs

Hormone synthesis and release (hypophysis)

Chemosensitivity

T° control, feeding, parental care

Emotions are an output of brain and behavior evolution

“The expression of the emotion in man and the animals” Darwin, 1872

The need for others

Reciprocal penetration of two minds

The sense of others

Compassion (empathy? ; Einfühlung)

Or

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1. Representation cannot be separated from action ≈ REPRESENTACTION

2. Thought ≈ Representaction

3. Language ≈ Representaction

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- Discovery of “mirror” neurones in the pre-motor cortex of the macaque monkey…

- discovery of mirror systems in humans…have raised the prospect of a motor theory of social cognition whose goal is to dervie human social cognition from human motor cognition.

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Simulation theory (ST) depicts mind-

reading as incorporating an attempt to

replicate, mimic or impersonate the

mental life of the target agent

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The functions of language

a) Expressiveb) Injunctive

Functions (a) and (b) are common to animals and humans

c) Descriptived) Argumentativee) Empathic

Functions ( c) (d) and (e) are specifically human