The Rationality of Emotion - Couverture rigide

De Sousa, Ronald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262040921 ISBN 13 : 9780262040921

Editeur : Bradford Books, 1987

Synopsis

In this urbane and witty book, Ronald de Sousa disputes the widespread notion that reason and emotion are natural antagonists. He argues that emotions are a kind of perception, that their roots in the paradigm scenarios in which they are learned give them an essentially dramatic structure, and that they have a crucial role to-play in rational beliefs, desires, and decisions by breaking the deadlocks of pure reason.The book's twelve chapters take up the following topics: alternative models of mind and emotion; the relation between evolutionary, physiological, and social factors in emotions; a taxonomy of objects of emotions; assessments of emotions for correctness and rationality; the regulation by emotions of logical and practical reasoning; emotion and time; the mechanism of emotional self-deception; the ethics of laughter; and the roles of emotions in the conduct of life. There is also an illustrative interlude, in the form of a lively dialogue about the ideology of love, jealousy, and sexual exclusiveness.

A Bradford Book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ronald de Sousa teaches philosophy at the University of Toronto.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bradford Books
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262040921
• ISBN 13: 9780262040921
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible