?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Towards+a+Design-Based+Analysis+of+Emotional+Episodes&rft.creator=Wright%2C+Ian&rft.creator=Sloman%2C+Aaron&rft.creator=Beaudoin%2C+Luc&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=he+design-based+approach+is+a+methodology+for+investigating+mechanisms+capable+of+generating+mental+phenomena%2C+whether+introspectively+or+externally+observed%2C+and+whether+they+occur+in+humans%2C+other+animals+or+robots.+The+study+of+designs+satisfying+requirements+for+autonomous+agency+can+provide+new+deep+theoretical+insights+at+the+information+processing+level+of+description+of+mental+mechanisms.+Designs+for+working+systems+(whether+on+paper+or+implemented+on+computers)+can+systematically+explicate+old+explanatory+concepts+and+generate+new+concepts+that+allow+new+and+richer+interpretations+of+human+phenomena.+To+illustrate+this%2C+some+aspects+of+human+grief+are+analysed+in+terms+of+a+particular+information+processing+architecture+being+explored+in+our+research+group.+We+do+not+claim+that+this+architecture+is+part+of+the+causal+structure+of+the+human+mind%3B+rather%2C+it+represents+an+early+stage+in+the+iterative+search+for+a+deeper+and+more+general+architecture%2C+capable+of+explaining+more+phenomena.+However+even+the+current+early+design+provides+an+interpretative+ground+for+some+familiar+phenomena%2C+including+characteristic+features+of+certain+emotional+episodes%2C+particularly+the+phenomenon+of+perturbance+(a+partial+or+total+loss+of+control+of+attention).+The+paper+attempts+to+expound+and+illustrate+the+design-based+approach+to+cognitive+science+and+philosophy%2C+to+demonstrate+the+potential+effectiveness+of+the+approach+in+generating+interpretative+possibilities%2C+and+to+provide+first+steps+towards+an+information+processing+account+of+%60perturbant'%2C+emotional+episodes.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F703%2F2%2FWright_Sloman_Beaudoin_grief.ps&rft.identifier=++Wright%2C+Ian+and+Sloman%2C+Aaron+and+Beaudoin%2C+Luc++(1996)+Towards+a+Design-Based+Analysis+of+Emotional+Episodes.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F703%2F