Emotions: An Essay in Aid of Moral PsychologyLife, on a day to day basis, is a sequence of emotional states: hope, disappointment, irritation, anger, affection, envy, pride, embarrassment, joy, sadness and many more. We know intuitively that these states express deep things about our character and our view of the world. But what are emotions and why are they so important to us? In one of the most extensive investigations of the emotions ever published, Robert Roberts develops a novel conception of what emotions are and then applies it to a large range of types of emotion and related phenomena. In so doing he lays the foundations for a deeper understanding of our evaluative judgments, our actions, our personal relationships and our fundamental well-being. Aimed principally at philosophers and psychologists, this book will certainly be accessible to readers in other disciplines such as religion and anthropology. |
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Contents
STUDYING EMOTIONS | 1 |
12 THE SUPPOSED POVERTY OF CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS | 4 |
13 DECONSTRUCTING EMOTION VIA THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY | 6 |
14 DECONSTRUCTING EMOTION VIA THE LIFE SCIENCES | 14 |
15 CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF EMOTIONS | 36 |
The Nature of Emotions | 60 |
22 FEELINGS | 65 |
23 CONSTRUALS | 69 |
38 OPPOSITION | 250 |
39 RIVALRY | 256 |
310 EXCELLENCE | 264 |
311 THE BEYOND | 269 |
312 ENHANCEMENT OF SELF | 274 |
313 GOODNESS | 277 |
314 PROSPECTS | 281 |
315 THE BELOVED | 284 |
24 JUDGMENTS | 83 |
25 PROPOSITIONS | 106 |
26 CAUSES | 132 |
27 CONCERNS | 141 |
28 BODILY STATES | 151 |
29 ACTIONS | 157 |
21O STRENGTH | 176 |
THE VARIETY OF EMOTIONS | 180 |
32 BAD PROSPECTS | 193 |
33 OFFENSE | 202 |
34 FAULT | 222 |
35 DEFECT | 227 |
36 LOSS | 234 |
37 THE WEIGHT OF TIME | 247 |
316 DISORIENTATION | 297 |
317 TRAITS AND EMOTIONS | 310 |
318 CONCLUSION | 312 |
THE PLAY OF EMOTIONAL FEELINGS | 314 |
42 EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS | 318 |
43 FEELINGS AS AWARENESS OF SELF | 323 |
44 HOW FALSE FEELINGS COME ABOUT | 328 |
45 TRUTH CRITERIA FOR FEELINGS | 332 |
46 RESPONSE TO LITERATURE | 343 |
47 EMOTIONAL EDUCATION | 349 |
48 CONCLUSION | 352 |
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