{"product_id":"philosophy-and-the-emotions-a-reader-9781551113715","title":"Philosophy and the Emotions: A Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile philosophical speculation into the nature and value of emotions is at least as old as the Pre-Socratics, William James’ “What is an emotion?” reinvigorated interest in the question. Coming to grips with James’ proposals, particularly in the light of subsequent concerns for the difficulties inherent in a so-called private language, led philosophers away from analyses centred on feelings to ones centred on thoughts. Analyzing the emotions in this way involves returning to a vision of the emotions that traces its ancestry back to the Stoics, but has proven to be enormously insightful and influential again in modern times. The papers collected here centre on James’ question and often respond explicitly to one another. Together, they provide a sense of what a cognitive view of the emotions maintains, what it denies, and how it has arisen. The connection provides wide-ranging coverage of the point of dispute amongst those impressed by the cognitive approach, and gives a good sense too of the tremendous explanatory power of this view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stephen Leighton has put together a very helpful collection on the ‘cognitive’ theory of emotion and its various permutations, the objections it has endured, and its alternatives. I recommend it for students and scholars interested in what philosophy has had to say recently about the emotions.” — Robert C. Solomon, The University of Texas at Austin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What sets this collection apart is that it offers a carefully structured and balanced selection of work that lets the reader see the general shape of the field as well as the kinds of detailed argument that make up its several regions. The pieces, by already distinguished authors, are either classics or recent seminal statements of the positions they represent. Thus it is indispensable for any student of the emotions and is possibly the most useful single volume in this field.” — David Pugmire, University of Southampton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBackground\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is an Emotion?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToward a Cognitive Conception of Emotion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEmotions and Statements About Them\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErrol Bedford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Subjective Theory of the Passions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert C. Solomon\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObjections and Modifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eA Case of Mixed Feelings: Ambivalence and the Logic of Emotion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia S. Greenspan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmotion, Judgment, and Desire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenefer Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePsychic Feelings: Their Importance and Irreducibility\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Stocker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhysiological Changes and the Emotions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Lyons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Emotions as Judgments\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert C. Solomon\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Approaches\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Thesis of Constructionism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Armon: Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rationality of Emotion\u003c\/em\u003e, Chapter 7\u003cbr\u003eRonald de Sousa\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReconsidering the Options\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eStartle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenefer Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eModularity, and the Psychoevolutionary Theory of Emotion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eP.E. Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Feeling Angry and Elated\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Leighton\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Therapy of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartha C. Nussbaum\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences and Further Readings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041304609111,"sku":"9781551113715","price":54.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551113715.jpg?v=1750949740","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philosophy-and-the-emotions-a-reader-9781551113715","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}