Philosophical Speculations

Hi all, I’d love to hear about your ‘felt experience’ with Idealism as a philosophy. I’ve begun to think it’s lacking ‘something’ emotionally (joy, fun, beauty). As a short background, I'm a relatively recent arrival to Idealism (and philosophy generally), though I guess my story is common. I consum...

Update - I read the paper for a third time and saw the line on page 38 (summarised) 'henceforth I will refer to all non-perceptual mentation as thoughts...' so that probably accounts for the unelaborated detail on how emotions fit into the Markov Blanket.

Hey everyone, does anyone have a clear picture of how emotions and/or feelings fit into the states model of the Markov Blanket as used by B.K. to explain concepts of the mental universe and alters? I can't decide whether emotions are considered an internal state, sensory or even external (impinging ...