Machines can't think dialectically
Emotions are experienced in complicated dialectical circumstances, which require the ability to make judgements about others and gauge oppositions. Machines can't reason like this, and so can't experience emotions.
Joseph F. Rychlak (1991).

Note: Supported by "Symbol systems can't think dialectically" Map 3 Box 25.
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Machines can't think dialectically
Dialectical thinking necessary for emotions.  »Dialectical thinking necessary for emotions.
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