Emotions

Kevin Sludds

ISBN 10: 3039114050 / ISBN 13: 9783039114054

Edité par Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2008, 2008

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Neuware -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. 218 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Emotions
• Éditeur: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3039114050
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783039114054
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 220 L x 150 H x 13 P (en millimètres) 220 millimètres de largeur par 150 millimètres de hauteur par 13 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 307 grammes

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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.

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.