"In this short book Carolyn Price elegantly condenses a sophisticated understanding of the philosophy of emotion into eight very readable chapters. While offering a novel explanation and defence of a functionalist, teleosemantic position, the book also situates this position clearly and fairly in wider philosophical debates about emotion. As such, Price's measured assessments of alternative positions also offer an excellent introduction to readers who are new to this important and emerging topic. The book will be stimulating reading for students and researchers alike.„
Christopher Bennett, University of Sheffield
“This is a splendid book: clearly written, empirically informed, philosophically astute, and a pleasure to read. It contains a wealth of good arguments, and makes interesting and original points on all of the central issues in the philosophy of emotion. Highly recommended."
Michael Brady, University of Glasgow
Emotion
von Carolyn PriceEmotion is at the centre of our personal and social lives. Tolove or to hate, to be frightened or grateful is not just a matterof how we feel on the inside: our emotional responses direct ourthoughts and actions, unleash our imaginations, and structure ourrelationships with others. Yet the role of emotion in human lifehas long been disputed. Is emotion reason? s friend or its foe? Fromwhere do the emotions really arise? Why do we need them at all?
In this accessible and carefully argued introduction, CarolynPrice focuses on some central questions about the nature andfunction of emotion. She explores the ways in which emotioncontrasts with belief and considers how our emotional responsesrelate to our values, our likes and our needs. And she investigatessome of the different ways in which emotional responses can bejudged as fitting or misplaced, rational or irrational, authenticor inauthentic, sentimental or profound. Throughout, she develops aparticular view of emotion as a complex and diverse phenomenon, which reflects both our common evolutionary past and our differentcultural and personal histories.
Engagingly written with lots of examples to illuminate ourunderstanding, this book provides the ideal introduction to thetopic for students and scholars and anyone interested in delvingfurther into the intricate web of human emotion.
In this accessible and carefully argued introduction, CarolynPrice focuses on some central questions about the nature andfunction of emotion. She explores the ways in which emotioncontrasts with belief and considers how our emotional responsesrelate to our values, our likes and our needs. And she investigatessome of the different ways in which emotional responses can bejudged as fitting or misplaced, rational or irrational, authenticor inauthentic, sentimental or profound. Throughout, she develops aparticular view of emotion as a complex and diverse phenomenon, which reflects both our common evolutionary past and our differentcultural and personal histories.
Engagingly written with lots of examples to illuminate ourunderstanding, this book provides the ideal introduction to thetopic for students and scholars and anyone interested in delvingfurther into the intricate web of human emotion.
