Emotions: Their Cognitive Base and Ontological Importance - Couverture souple

Sludds, Kevin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3039114050 ISBN 13 : 9783039114054

Editeur : Verlag Peter Lang, 2008

Synopsis

In this study of emotions and moods the author discusses both analytic and continental traditions of philosophy. He starts by examining critically the influential hybrid cognitive theory (in particular William Lyons's causal-evaluative theory), describing its merits but also elucidating a number of fundamental defects that exist in this account. He goes on to detail Martin Heidegger's description of mood in Being and Time as pre-cognitive and pre-moral, defending it from those who attempt to attribute a cognitive dimension to it. The book highlights the significance of connections or bonds in our affective lives, at the ontic as well as ontological levels, by examining three specific emotions ; grief, guilt and objectless fear. One of the study's principal achievements is the demonstration that there is much to be gained from both the analytic and continental traditions of philosophy in furthering our understanding of emotion and mood analysis. In particular, it shows how our understanding of guilt and objectless fear can be deepened when assessed in Heideggerian terms.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Author : Kevin Sludds is an award-winning poet and philosopher. He lectures in ethics at the Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verlag Peter Lang
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3039114050
• ISBN 13: 9783039114054
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 218
• Coordonnées du fabricant: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne