146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
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Understanding Emotions presents eight original essays on the emotions from leading contemporary philosophers in North America and the U.K: Simon Blackburn, Bill Brewer, Peter Goldie, Dan Hutto, Adam Morton, Michael Stocker, Barry Smith, and Finn Spicer. Goldie and Spicer's introductory chapter sets out the key themes of the ensuing chapters: surveying contemporary philosophical thinking about... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction, Peter Goldie and Finn Spicer; Emotion and other minds, Bill Brewer; The world is not enough: shared emotions and other minds, Daniel Hutto; Beware stories: emotions and virtues, Adam Morton; Some ways to value emotions, Michael Stocker; How emotional is the virtuous person?, Simon Blackburn; Emotion, personality and simulation, Peter Goldie; Keeping emotions in mind, Barry C. Smith; Bibliography; Index.
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Peter Goldie
'... this volume is a worthwhile contribution to the growing literature on the emotions. The disparate nature of the papers should serve to demonstrate the richness of the emotions as a topic of study... I would expect this book to be of real influence in directing future work within this area.' Metapsychology Online Book Reviews '... this book will be of interest across the philosophical spectrum to students and researchers of this topic.' Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
