Format:
Online-Ressource (161 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780415614924
Content:
The emotions are at the centre of our lives and, for better or worse, imbue them with much of their significance. The philosophical problems stirred up by the existence of the emotions, over which many great philosophers of the past have laboured, revolve around attempts to understand what this significance amounts to. Are emotions feelings, thoughts, or experiences? If they are experiences, what are they experiences of? Are emotions rational? In what sense do emotions give meaning to what surrounds us? The Emotions: A Philosophical Introduction introduces and explores these questions in a cle
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The Emotions A philosophical introduction; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Homing in on the emotions; Phenomenology; Intentionality; Epistemology; Emotions within the affective domain; Conclusion; Questions and further readings; 2 The diversity and unity of emotions; Positive and negative emotions; Conscious and unconscious emotions; Other distinctions; Basic emotions; Emotions: unity or diversity?; Unity regained; Conclusion; Questions and further readings; 3 Emotions, beliefs, and desires; Emotions and beliefs; The mixed theory; The desire satisfaction/frustration approach
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ConclusionQuestions and further readings; 4 Introducing values; Emotions and values; Subjectivism about values; Fitting attitude analyses; Forms of value realism; Conclusion; Questions and further readings; 5 Emotions as value judgments; The evaluative judgment theory; The add-on strategy; Emotions as constructions; Conclusion; Questions and further readings; 6 Perceptual theories of the emotions; James's theory; Emotions as direct perceptions of values; Emotions as indirect perceptions of values; Conclusion; Questions and further readings; 7 The attitudinal theory of emotions
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Attitudes and contentsEmotions as felt bodily attitudes; Virtues of the theory; Intentionality and phenomenology; Conclusion; Questions and further readings; 8 Emotions and their justification; Why-questions: perceptions vs. emotions; Value judgments and value intuitions; Back to why-questions; Justified emotions; Bridging the gaps; Conclusion; Questions and further readings; 9 The nature and role of affective explanations; Moods and temperaments; Character traits and sentiments; Desires; Limits on the negative epistemological role of motivational states
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A positive epistemological role for motivational states?Conclusion; Questions and further readings; 10 The importance of emotions; From justified emotions to justified evaluative judgments; Emotions and emotional sensitivity; Emotions and understanding; Conclusion; Questions and further readings; Bibliography; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
9781135733445
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Emotions : A Philosophical Introduction
Language:
English
Keywords:
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