... 'The major premise is expressed as a pro or con attitude towards something that the second or minor premise tells how to attain or avoid'7 For example, a feeling of anger would indicate to a person that they had been wrongly accused or unfairly treated, and may cause this person to try and get revenge. The anger provides us with a reason for a specific course of action. A problem of knowledge is that emotion may not always cause an individual to take the best possible course of action. Instead, overcome by anger, one might do or say something unreasonable. For example, once, overcome by emotions, I told my mother I hated her. Obviously, quite the opposite is true. Evidently, in such cases, emotions can lead us astray. In asking the question of whether or not emotions enhance or reduce our ability to D 0998 039 reason, we are acknowledging ...

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