Gut reactions : a perceptual theory of emotion /
"Gut Reactions is an interdisciplinary defense of the claim that emotions are perceptions of changes in the body. This thesis, pioneered by William James and resuscitated by Antonio Damasio, has been widely criticized for failing to acknowledge that emotions are meaningful insofar as they repre...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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Colección: | Philosophy of mind series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Gut Reactions is an interdisciplinary defense of the claim that emotions are perceptions of changes in the body. This thesis, pioneered by William James and resuscitated by Antonio Damasio, has been widely criticized for failing to acknowledge that emotions are meaningful insofar as they represent concerns, not respiratory function and blood pressure. Fear represents danger, sadness represents loss. To explain this fact, many researchers conclude that emotions must involve judgments regarding one's relationship to the environment. Prinz offers a new unified account of the emotions that reconciles these two theories. He argues that emotions are embodied appraisals - they are perceptions of the body, but, through the body, they also allow us to literally perceive danger, loss, and other matters of concern."--Jacket |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 271 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0195348591 9780195348590 9786611346874 6611346872 128134687X 9781281346872 0199882258 9780199882250 9780195309362 0195309367 |