Explaining Emotions
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 9. May 1980
Book
Paperback/Softback
543 pages
978-0-520-03921-6 (ISBN)
Description
The challenge of explaining the emotions has engaged the attention of the best minds in philosophy and science throughout history. Part of the fascination has been that the emotions resist classification. As adequate account therefore requires receptivity to knowledge from a variety of sources. The philosopher must inform himself of the relevant empirical investigation to arrive at a definition, and the scientist cannot afford to be naive about the assumptions built into his conceptual apparatus. The contributors to this volume have approached the problem of characterizing and classifying emotions from the perspectives of neurophysiology, psychology, and social psychology as well as that of philosophical psychology. They discuss the difficulties that arise in classifying the emotions, assessing their appropriateness and rationality, and determining their function in motivating moral action.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-03921-6 (9780520039216)
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Content
INTRODUCTION
Amelie 0. Rorty
SENSORY AND PERCEPTIVE FACTORS IN EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE TRIUNE BRAIN
Paul D. MacLean
II EMOTION AND ANXIETY: SOCIOCULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS
James R. Averill
III BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BODY AND FACIAL MOVEMENT IN THE EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS
Paul Ekman
IV EXPLAINING EMOTIONS
Amelie 0. Rorty
V THERA TIONALITY OF EMOTIONS
Ronald de Sousa
VI CHARACTER AND THE EMOTIONS
Adam Morton
VII FUNCTIONALISM AND THE EMOTIONS
Georges Rey
VIII OVERDETERMINATION AND THE EMOTIONS
Graeme Marshall
IX A CASE OF MIXED FEELINGS: AMBIVALENCE
AND THE LOGIC OF EMOTION
Patricia S. Greenspan
X EMOTIONS AND CHOICE
Robert C. Solomon
XI SELF-DECEPTIVE EMOTIONS
Ronald de Sousa
XII ON PERSONS AND THEIR LIVES
Richard Wollheim
XIII INTELLECTUAL DESIRE, EMOTION, AND ACTION
Michael Stocker
XIV RITUAL AND THE RELIGIOUS FEELINGS
Gareth Matthews
XV NATURAL PRIDE AND NATURAL SHAME
Arnold Isenberg
XVI PRIDE
Gabriele Taylor
XVII MASTER PASSIONS
Annette Baier
XVIII JEALOUS THOUGHTS
Jerome Neu
XIX JEALOUSY, ATTENTION, AND LOSS
Leila Tov-Ruach
XX AGENT REGRET
Amelie 0. Rorty
XXI COMPASSION
Lawrence Blum
XXII EMOTION, PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMMON CULTURE
Roger Scruton
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CONTRIBUTORS
Amelie 0. Rorty
SENSORY AND PERCEPTIVE FACTORS IN EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE TRIUNE BRAIN
Paul D. MacLean
II EMOTION AND ANXIETY: SOCIOCULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS
James R. Averill
III BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BODY AND FACIAL MOVEMENT IN THE EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS
Paul Ekman
IV EXPLAINING EMOTIONS
Amelie 0. Rorty
V THERA TIONALITY OF EMOTIONS
Ronald de Sousa
VI CHARACTER AND THE EMOTIONS
Adam Morton
VII FUNCTIONALISM AND THE EMOTIONS
Georges Rey
VIII OVERDETERMINATION AND THE EMOTIONS
Graeme Marshall
IX A CASE OF MIXED FEELINGS: AMBIVALENCE
AND THE LOGIC OF EMOTION
Patricia S. Greenspan
X EMOTIONS AND CHOICE
Robert C. Solomon
XI SELF-DECEPTIVE EMOTIONS
Ronald de Sousa
XII ON PERSONS AND THEIR LIVES
Richard Wollheim
XIII INTELLECTUAL DESIRE, EMOTION, AND ACTION
Michael Stocker
XIV RITUAL AND THE RELIGIOUS FEELINGS
Gareth Matthews
XV NATURAL PRIDE AND NATURAL SHAME
Arnold Isenberg
XVI PRIDE
Gabriele Taylor
XVII MASTER PASSIONS
Annette Baier
XVIII JEALOUS THOUGHTS
Jerome Neu
XIX JEALOUSY, ATTENTION, AND LOSS
Leila Tov-Ruach
XX AGENT REGRET
Amelie 0. Rorty
XXI COMPASSION
Lawrence Blum
XXII EMOTION, PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMMON CULTURE
Roger Scruton
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CONTRIBUTORS