The Emotions : A Philosophical Exploration.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- 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 -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Peter Goldie opens the path to a deeper understanding of our emotional lives through a lucid philosophical exploration of this surprisingly neglected topic. He illuminates the phenomena of emotion by drawing not only on philosophy but also on literature and science. He considers the roles of culture and evolution in the development of our emotional capabilities. This fascinating book gives 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.