Feelings And Emotions Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Edelman (1992: 176):

Feelings are a part of the conscious state and are the processes that we associate with the notions of qualia as they relate to the self. They are not emotions, however, for emotions have strong cognitive components that mix feelings with willing and with judgments in an extraordinarily complicated way. Emotions may be considered the most complex of mental states or processes insofar as they mix with all other processes (usually in a very specific way, depending on the emotion). They are not made simpler by the fact that they also have historical and social bases.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory, emotions are construed in two complementary ways: as mental processes ('enjoy') and as attributed qualities of mental projection ('joyous').

Edelman's 'feelings associated with qualia' are mental processes of perception, whereas Edelman's 'emotions' are the mixture of the remaining three types of mental processes: emotion, cognition and desideration.