Philosophy of Emotion - A Contemporary Introduction

In this book, Christine Tappolet offers readers a thorough, wide-ranging and highly accessible introduction to the philosophy of emotions. It covers recent interdisciplinary debates on the nature of emotions as well as standard theories of emotions, such as feeling theories, motivational theories, and evaluative theories.

List of contents

1. The Philosophy of Emotions 2. The Affective Domain 3. Are Emotions Social Constructs? 4. Feelings theories 5. Motivational theories 6. Evaluative theories 7. Emotions and Theoretical Rationality 8. Emotions and practical irrationality 9. Sentimentalism 10. Ethics and the emotions 11. Emotion Regulation and Music 12. Sentimental Education and Fiction

About the author

Christine Tappolet is a Full Professor in the Philosophy Department at the Université de Montréal. Her research interests lie mainly in metaethics, moral psychology, and emotion theory. She has edited a number of volumes, including, with Sarah Stroud, Weakness of Will and Practical Irrationality (Oxford University Press, 2003) and with Fabrice Teroni and Anita Konzelmann Ziv, Shadows of the Soul: Perspective on Negative Emotions (Routledge, 2018), and has authored three books, including Emotions, Values, and Agency (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Summary

In this book, Christine Tappolet offers readers a thorough, wide-ranging and highly accessible introduction to the philosophy of emotions. It covers recent interdisciplinary debates on the nature of emotions as well as standard theories of emotions, such as feeling theories, motivational theories, and evaluative theories.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Tappolet, Tappolet Christine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2022
• EAN: 9781138687431
• ISBN: 978-1-138-68743-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy of Mind, Psychotherapy, Psychology: emotions, Ethics & moral philosophy, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)