Explaining Emotions (Topics in Philosophy): Volume 5 - Softcover

Rorty, Amélie Oksenberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520039211 ISBN 13: 9780520039216

Publisher: University of California Press, 1980

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520039211
• ISBN 13: 9780520039216
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 556