Towards a Science of Mind

Doing this requires a consistent terminology that makes principled distinctions, and that allows clear operationalization of the different concepts that a science of emotion will use." The study of emotion and its subjective partner feelings is an instance of the brain/mind problem and the need for a consistent terminology extends to the general case considered here. There are many other disciplines and practices concerned with the human mind and the foundations for scientific study are not always clear. For example, a statement that a spider or a robot has a mind could be a scientific or a definitional assertion.