creators_name: Sloman, Aaron
creators_name: Croucher, Monica
type: techreport
datestamp: 1998-06-22
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:12
metadata_visibility: show
title: Why robots will have emotions
ispublished: pub
subjects: clin-psy
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: comp-sci-robot
subjects: phil-mind
full_text_status: public
abstract: Emotions involve complex processes produced by interactions between motives, beliefs, percepts, etc. E.g. real or imagined fulfilment or violation of a motive, or triggering of a 'motive-generator', can disturb processes produced by other motives. To understand emotions, therefore, we need to understand motives and the types of processes they can produce. This leads to a study of the global architecture of a mind. Some constraints on the evolution of minds are disussed. Types of motives and the processes they generate are sketched.
date: 1981-08
date_type: published
institution: Sussex University
department: Department of Cognitive Science
refereed: FALSE
citation:   Sloman, Aaron and Croucher, Monica  (1981) Why robots will have emotions.  [Departmental Technical Report]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/705/2/Aaron.Sloman_why_robot_emotions.ps