Gut Reactions: A Perceptual Theory of Emotion (Philosophy of Mind) - Brossura

Prinz, Jesse J.

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ISBN 10: 0195309367 ISBN 13: 9780195309362

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Riassunto

Gut Reactions is an interdisciplinary defense of the claim that emotions are perceptions in a double sense. First of all, they are perceptions of changes in the body, but, through the body, they also allow us to literally perceive danger, loss, and other matters of concern. This proposal, which Prinz calls the embodied appraisal theory, reconciles the long standing debate between those who say emotions are cognitive and those who say they are noncognitive. The basic idea behind embodied appraisals is captured in the familiar notion of a "gut reaction", which has been overlooked by much emotion research. Prinz also addresses emotional valence, emotional consciousness, and the debate between evolutionary psychologists and social constructionists.

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Recensione:

[an] important and intriguing book ... it is at all times carefully argued and written with the verve which is characteristic of its author and which is so enjoyable ... No on interested in the emotions should ignore it. (Peter Goldie, Mind)

L'autore:

Jesse Prinz is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Furnishing the Mind, in which he defends the view that all concepts have their basis in perception, and two forthcoming titles. In The Emotional Basis of Morals, he argues that moral concepts essentially involve emotions, and, in eyond Human Nature, he argues that culture and experience shape human thought.

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• Editore: Oxford University Press, USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0195309367
• ISBN 13: 9780195309362
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288