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The emotions : a philosophical exploration /

Peter Goldie here provides an accessible but penetrating exploration of a subject that is important but mysterious to all of us. Any reader interested in emotion, and its role in our understanding of our lives, will find much to think about here.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldie, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 What emotions are, and their place in psychological explanation
  • Introduction
  • What emotions are
  • The intentionality of the emotions
  • Education of the emotions and the recognition-response tie
  • Explanation of an emotion and of action out of emotion
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Emotions and feelings
  • Introduction
  • Bodily feeling
  • Feeling towards
  • Unreflective and reflective consciousness
  • Feeling towards, believing, and desiring
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Culture, evolution, and the emotions
  • Introduction
  • The evidence across different cultures.
  • Evolutionary explanations and developmental openness
  • The concepts of commonsense psychology and the concepts of science
  • Education of the emotions, cognitive impenetrability, and weakness of the will
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Expression of emotion
  • Introduction
  • Expressive actions and the role of belief in explanation
  • Imagination and the wish
  • Expressions of emotion which are not actions
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Emotion, mood, and traits of character
  • Introduction
  • Emotion and mood
  • Character traits
  • The fundamental attribution error
  • Excuses
  • Conclusion.
  • 7 How we think of others' emotions
  • Introduction
  • Understanding and explaining another's emotions
  • Emotional contagion
  • Empathy, in-his-shoes imagining, and other imaginative processes
  • Imagination, prediction, and the importance of character
  • Sympathy
  • Conclusion
  • 8 Jealousy
  • Introduction
  • Envy
  • Jealousy
  • An assessment of jealousy
  • Conclusion
  • Suggested reading
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
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