Philosophy of Emotion: A Contemporary Introduction
About this ebook
The overall picture of emotions that emerges is one that does justice to the central role that emotions play in our lives, conceiving of emotions as crucial to our grasp of values. As an opinionated introduction, the book doesn’t pretend to be neutral but aims to engage readers in contemporary debates. Each chapter closes with questions for further discussion and suggestions for further reading.
Key Features:
- Written for advanced undergraduates, suitable as the main text in a philosophy of emotion course or as a complement to a set of primary readings
- Includes useful features for student readers like introductions, study questions, and suggestions for further reading in each chapter
- Considers whether emotions interfere with our reasoning or whether they can, in some cases, help us to be more rational
- Argues against basic emotion theory and social constructionism that emotions are both shaped by biological forces and social forces
- Discusses a variety of subjectivist and objectivist approaches, which share the assumption that emotions and values are closely connected.
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).
