Explaining emotions

Author(s)

• Rorty, Amélie

Bibliographic Information

Explaining emotions

edited by Amélie Oksenberg Rorty

（Topics in philosophy, 5）

University of California Press, 1980

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [537]-543

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

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

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• NCID: BA06352591
• ISBN:
  • 0520037758
  • 0520039211
• LCCN: 78062859
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berkeley
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 543 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF561
  • DC : 152.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Emotions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0075081X