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The Plasticity of the Emotions: Puzzles in the Science of Emotion book cover

1st Edition

The Plasticity of the Emotions Puzzles in the Science of Emotion

By Raamy Majeed Copyright 2026
180 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The emotions is a topic at the forefront of study and research in philosophy, yet most studies focus on debates concerning the emotions and rationality, how emotions differ from feeling and sensation and whether there is a science of the emotions. Relatively overlooked, however, are the philosophical questions raised by the fact that our emotions develop and change over the course of a lifetime.... Read more

Preface

Introduction

Part 1: The First Puzzle

1. The Puzzle of Emotional Plasticity

2. A Developmental Approach to Emotional Plasticity

3. Coda: Modelling Emotion Development

Part 2: The Second Puzzle

4. The Puzzle of Emotional Variability

5. A Developmental Approach to Emotional Variability 

Part 3: The Third Puzzle

6. The Puzzle of Emotion Categorisation

7. A Developmental Approach to Emotion Categorisation 

8. Concluding Thoughts. 

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Raamy Majeed is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK, having previously taught at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He works primarily on the philosophy of emotion and has published across the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, aesthetics and the philosophy of race. He is also an Associate Editor of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. His book Philosophy of Race: An Introduction is forthcoming with Routledge.

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