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Zusatztext ...an excellent collection which raises some fascinating issues. Klappentext Philosophers since Aristotle have explored emotion! and the study of emotion has always been essential to the love of wisdom. In recent years Anglo-American philosophers have rediscovered and placed new emphasis on this very old discipline. The view that emotions are ripe for philosophicalanalysis has been supported by a considerable number of excellent publications. In this volume! Robert Solomon brings together some of the best Anglo-American philosophers now writing on the philosophy of emotion! with chapters from philosophers who have distinguished themselves in the field ofemotion research and have interdisciplinary interests! particularly in the social and biological sciences. The reader will find a lively variety of positions on topics such as the nature of emotion! the category of "emotion!" the rationality of emotions! the relationship between an emotion and itsexpression! the relationship between emotion! motivation! and action! the biological nature versus social construction of emotion! the role of the body in emotion! the extent of freedom and our control of emotions! the relationship between emotion and value! and the very nature and warrant oftheories of emotion. In addition! this book acknowledges that it is impossible to study the emotions today without engaging with contemporary psychology and the neurosciences! and moreover engages them with zeal. Thus the essays included here should appeal to a broad spectrum of emotion researchersin the various theoretical! experimental! and clinical branches of psychology! in addition to theorists in philosophy! philosophical psychology! moral psychology! and cognitive science! the social sciences! and literarytheory. Zusammenfassung Philosophers since Aristotle have explored emotion, so the new emphasis on emotion in Anglo-American philosophy is the rediscovery of a discipline that is very old and has always been essential to the "love of wisdom." Today, it has become evident to most philosophers that emotions are ripe for philosophical analysis, a view supported by a considerable number of excellent publications. Emotions have now become mainstream. In this volume, I have tried to bringtogether some of the best Anglo-American philosophers now writing on the philosophy of emotion. I have solicited chapters from those philosophers who have already distinguished themselves in the field of emotion research and have interdisciplinary interests, particularly in the social sciences. It isimpossible to study the emotions today without engaging with contemporary psychology and the neurosciences. Philosophy has always been (in its own mind, at least) "the queen of the sciences." Thus the essays included here should appeal to a broad spectrum of emotion researchers as well as philosophers interested or at least curious about their emotions....
