File:Subjations.GIF

Subject - a cross-utilized unit of a relation

Relation - more than one subject combined together

Extrinsic Subject - subject given to a relation

Intrinsic Subject - subject contained in a relation

Right - if a subject is within an extrinsic subject

Wrong - if a subject is not within an extrinsic subject

Possession - if an intrinsic subject is within a subject

Good - what increases a relation

Bad - what hinders or decreases a relation

Horror - excessive bad

Serious - being within an extrinsic subject, also known as relevant

Silly - happiness that is not within an extrinsic subject

Crazy - if an extrinsic subject is ambiguous

Confusion - if the choice of an extrinsic subject is ambiguous

Value - direction of a relation

Like - to share Values

Happiness - occurs if subjects combine and form a relation. There are five different types of happiness. In order to include non-social relations in these definitions, the generic term combination is used symbolized with the letter 'C'.

• 1stC - occurs when subjects combine and a relation is formed. Here the extrinsic subject is created. The terms 'more' and 'less' do not apply with 1stC. It is very important to clarify that with 1stC one does not say, "Happiness is the combination of subjects," but, "Happiness occurs if subjects combine and form a relation."

• 2ndC - occurs when subjects are combined to an existing relation. Here the extrinsic subject already exists. The terms 'more' and 'less' apply with 2ndC. Leverage and contentment exist because of 2ndC.

• 3rdC - occurs as the back and forth dynamics between relations. Here more than one extrinsic subject is involved.

• Leverage - resembles a lever, the relative lowering of a subject in a relation causes the relative increase of the other related subjects. This also is known as antipathetic happiness. Subjects on opposite sides of the lever are antipathetic to each other. An examples of this is kidding.

• Contentment - is a relative position a subject has in a relationship. This position is what we mean when we say we are "happy". Another term that applies here is "fashion". Fashion is the active form of contentment. This type of happiness is personal and can be stronger than 1stC. Some sub-emotions of contentment are:

^Enjoyment - having what you want (having what gives you contentment)

^Grief - not having what you want

Frustration - not getting what you want

Anger - excessive Frustration

^Distress - having what you don't want

^Relief - not having what you don't want

Unhappiness is, of course, the converse but with separation instead of combination.

Sorry - empathetic Unhappiness

Regret - the action toward Sorry

Gratitude - the action toward antipathetic Happiness

Forgive - declaring Unhappiness to be irrelevant

Blame - declaring Unhappiness to be relevant

Nervous - anticipation of a combination

Shy - excessive Nervousness

Worry - anticipation of a separation

Concern - mild Worry

Fear - excessive Worry

Terror - extreme Fear

Anxiety - general term for Nervous, Shy, Worry, Concern, Fear or Terror

Pride - above Contentment

Shame - below Contentment

Dignity - empathetic Pride

Arrogance, Conceit - excessive Dignity

Honor - the action toward Dignity

Jealousy - antipathetic Pride

Envy - the action toward Jealousy

Respect - antipathetic Pride related to Fashion

Admiration - the action toward Respect

Modesty - empathetic Shame

Humility - the action toward Modesty

Pity - sympathy for antipathetic Shame

Pathetic, Pitiful, Contempt - excessive antipathetic Shame

Disgust - the action toward antipathetic Shame

Expectation - future Contentment

Hope - the action toward Expectation (to want a future Contentment)

Standard - past Contentment

Surprise - empathetically or antipathetically above Standard or Expectation

Embarrassment - empathetically below Standard or Expectation

Disappointment - antipathetically below Standard or Expectation

Elation, Ecstatic - excessive Surprise

Sadness - excessive Disappointment or Embarrassment

Hate - excessive antipathy

Love - excessive empathy

Miss - absent empathy

^The definitions for Enjoyment, Grief, Distress and Relief are from I. Roseman 1984. Cognitive determinants of emotion: a structured theory. In P. Shaver (ed.), Review of personality and social psychology (Vol. 5: Emotions, relationships, and health). Beverly-Hills: Sage, 11-36.

Axiom: Extrinsic subjects can never be related intrinsic subjects. Such an event would instantly cause a new extrinsic subject to exist.

Axiom: Related subjects do not combine for the same reason that unrelated subjects do not separate. This is called "The Base Rule". It is a significant factor in morality.

The name, Subjations, is a blend of the word subjects and relations. It is philosophically provable: Relations exist. There is no such thing as a relation of a single entity. These entities must be called subjects. No other word is as general as the word subject. Relations themselves can be subjects. Thus the system becomes closed.

John Huber

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