Emotions and Understanding
Wittgensteinian Perspectives
Published on 19. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-230-20145-3 (ISBN)
Description
What's in a smile? Can happiness be defined? Is there such a thing as romantic love without idealization? Can we understand schizophrenic dread? Are emotions caused by thoughts? How can fiction enrich our emotional lives? These are some of the questions discussed in this anthology. Putting the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) to work, thirteen contributors address subjects ranging from philosophy to affective neuroscience to literary theory. Beyond being a source of inspiration for the advanced reader in the philosophy of emotion, anyone with a general interest in understanding the emotions should benefit from reading this book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-230-20145-3 (9780230201453)
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Persons
YLVA GUSTAFSSON researchers and teaches at the Department of Philosophy at A...bo Akademi University, Finland. Her interests in philosophy are; moral philosophy, philosophy of psychology and philosophy of anthropology. CAMILLA KRONQVIST researches and teaches at A...bo Akademi University, Finland. Her research interests include moral philosophy, the philosophy of psychology and feminist philosophy. MICHAEL McEACHRANE is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. Among his research interests are the philosophy of psychology and the philosophy of race. He has published a number of articles and co-edited Sverige och de Andra: Postkoloniala Perspektiv (2001).
Content
Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction I: Wittgensteinian Perspectives on the Philosophy of Emotion - Introducing the Chapters of this Anthology; Y.Gustafsson& C.Kronqvist II: A 'Wittgensteinian' Philosophy of Emotion?; M.McEachrane Wittgenstein's Commonsense Realism about the Mind; A.Crary Wittgenstein on Emotion; J.Schulte The Conceptual Framework for the Investigation of Emotions; P.M.S. Hacker Emotion-Philosophy-Science; P.Hutchinson Capturing Emotional Thoughts - The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; M.McEachrane The Self and the Emotions; J.V Canfield What's in a Smile?; L.Hertzberg Emotion, Expression and Conversation; D.Cockburn Illusions of Empathy; Y.Gustafsson The Fiction of Paradox: Really Feeling for Anna Karenina; D.Moyal-Sharrock On The Pursuit of Happiness; D.Richter Our Struggles with Reality; C.Kronqvist Extreme Aversive Emotions -- A Wittgensteinian Approach to Dread; R.Read Index