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Your original question seems to lead to a discussion of the meaning of reality. "Physical" feelings impulses are, at the level you mention, the same as "Emotional" feelings - they are both just electrical impulses. And there we delve into murky waters. As many philosophers have remarked - beginning with Plato's Cave Allegory on into Wittgenstein in the 20th Century and Terry Winograd at the end of the Century- the meaning of reality and do we really "experience" or "know" it at all is something almost impossible to objectively determine at a remove. To feel in the physical sensory sense is to experience a series of reactions to physical stimulii; while to feel, in the emotional sense, is also a series of reactions to physical stimulii - audio, visual, tactile... As we can never step outside of our "selves" it becomes logically impossible to arrive at any independent understanding of our environment. Godel was another who discussed this problem.
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Interestin Mav-- (your wife's research) years ago, i remember reading that play-- and playground games were vital to learning-- that children learn bigger or smaller-- and develop an understand of size by playing "Hide and Seek". the better a kids understanding of How much space he/she takes up, and how he/she can hide in a space is a Math skill-- Kids who excel in Hide and seek, are displaying a deep understanding of mass/size relationships.
Ball playing also teaches math-- and all interactive play hones logic and language skills-- explaining rules, understanding rules-- etc.
Jacks (a ball and toy game) and Hopscotch teach numbers, and sequences... lots of things to be learned in old fashioned childrens games...
Here in NYC so much of that has been lost-- and i think it worse in suburbs.. childrens lives are so structured now. they have very little time for free play.
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An old way of teaching kids about size is to have one child sut a piece of cake in two, when the other child has first choice and can take the larger piece.
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(Here's your sign language answer, Jackie):
In American Sign Language, there is a specific morpheme (the middle finger on the dominant hand) that carries with it the connotation of physical feeling. The signs TOUCH, SICK, NAKED, and CONTACT all use this morpheme in the sign production to indicate the physicality of the "feeling."
Often, emotionally connotative words are signed with this same morpheme, but the morpheme is used figuratively to indicate it is not the literal or physical sensation. When one emotionally FEELS, the sign strokes the heart/chest with this finger. to sign SAD, one carries these fingers down from the face.
The end result is that, in American Sign Language, one can identify what kind of "feeling" is happening by the way the feeling morpheme is used.
(satiating, Jackie? BTW, long overdue GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!)
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