Thanks, I agree on these points. In regards to focusing on neurons involved in pain or other emotions, while I agree this would be the ideal thing to look at, the problem is that there is so much disagreement in the literature about issues that would be relevant for deciding which neurons/brain areas to include. There are positions that range from thinking that certain emotions can be localized to very specific regions to those who think that almost the whole brain is involved in every different type of experience, and lots of positions in between. So for that reason we tried to focus on more general criticisms.
Thanks, I agree on these points. In regards to focusing on neurons involved in pain or other emotions, while I agree this would be the ideal thing to look at, the problem is that there is so much disagreement in the literature about issues that would be relevant for deciding which neurons/brain areas to include. There are positions that range from thinking that certain emotions can be localized to very specific regions to those who think that almost the whole brain is involved in every different type of experience, and lots of positions in between. So for that reason we tried to focus on more general criticisms.