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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157429103321

Autore

Price Carolyn <1963->

Titolo

Emotion / / Carolyn Price

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7456-8660-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

Key Concepts in Philosophy

Disciplina

128/.37

Soggetti

Emotions (Philosophy)

Emotions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Key Concepts in Philosophy; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Getting Started; Emotional Responses; The Plan; Further Reading; Note; 1: Four Theories of Emotion; Introduction; William James: Emotions as Bodily Feelings; Robert Solomon: Emotions as Judgements; Peter Goldie: Emotions as Complex Processes; Jesse Prinz: Back to the Body; Summary; Further Reading; Notes; 2: Emotion, Coherence and Function; Introduction; What Is a Function?; Emotion and Function; Summary; Further Reading; Notes; 3: What Is an Emotion?; Introduction: What Is the Question?

Which Component?Which Kind of Process?; Classifying Emotions; Summary; Further Reading; Notes; 4: What Is an Emotional Evaluation?; Introduction; Judgements, Beliefs and Perceptions; Emotional Evaluationsi as Judgements; Emotional Evaluationsi and Perceptions; Summary; Further Reading; Notes; 5: What Are Emotional Evaluations About?; Introduction; The Problem of Emotional Significance; Summary; Further Reading; Notes; Function, Content and the Case of Fear; 6: The Rationality of Emotion; Introduction; Emotional Recalcitrance; Grounds for Emotion; The Authority of Emotion

Emotional AmbivalenceSummary; Further Reading; Notes; 7: The Manipulation of Emotion; Introduction; Emotion and Authenticity; Sentimentality; Summary; Further Reading; Note; Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index; End User License Agreement



Sommario/riassunto

Emotion is at the centre of our personal and social lives. To love or to hate, to be frightened or grateful is not just a matter of how we feel on the inside: our emotional responses direct our thoughts and actions, unleash our imaginations, and structure our relationships with others. Yet the role of emotion in human life has long been disputed. Is emotion reason?s friend or its foe? From where do the emotions really arise? Why do we need them at all?   In this accessible and carefully argued introduction, Carolyn Price focuses on some central questions about the nature and function of emoti