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1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Contents |
Homing in on the emotions -- The diversity and unity of emotions -- Emotions, beliefs, and desires -- Introducing values -- Emotions as value judgments -- Perceptual theories of the emotions -- The attitudinal theory of emotions -- Emotions and their justification -- The nature and role of affective explanations -- The importance of emotions |
| Summary |
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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Emotions (Philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
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Emotions (Philosophy)
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Gefühl
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Philosophie
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Känslor -- teori, filosofi.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Teroni, Fabrice
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| ISBN |
9781135733445 |
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1135733449 |
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