Emotions and their Relation to Cognition: Reflections about Anthony Kenny’s Objections against Feeling Theories
Keywords:
Emotion, Cognitive Theories, Somatic Theories
Abstract
This paper takes as its focus William James’ (1884, 1890) and Anthony Kenny’s (1963) proposals and strives to show that their point of view is better understood when interpreted as proposals for investigations with different objectives and placed at different angles of complex research revolving around emotions. As James and Kenny are conceived, furthermore, as paradigmatic authors of, respectively, the none-cognitive and cognitive perspectives, this approach to the interpretation of their positions will create new access routes for a dialogue between the traditions and will establish new grounds for a reconciliation between these conceptions in a more ample framework.
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Lorenzano, P. (2008). Lo a priori constitutivo y las leyes (y teorías) científicas. Revista de Filosofía, 33(2), 21–48.
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Marks, J. (1982). A Theory of Emotions. Philosophical Studies, 42, 227–242. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00374036
Melamed, A. F. (2015). La naturaleza de las emociones, entre la cognición y la percepción. En P. Lorenzano, C. Abreu, J. Ahumada, L. Federico, S. Ginnobili, M. de las M. O’Lery, & L. Salvatico (Eds.), Selección de trabajos presentados en el VIII Encuentro de Filosofía e Historia de la Ciencia del Cono Sur (pp. 85–91). Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
Melamed, A. F. (2016). Las teorías de las emociones y su relación con la cognición: un análisis desde la filosofía de la mente. Cuadernos. Revista de la Facutlad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, 49, 13–38.
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Prinz, J. J. (2003). Emotions Embodied. Perception, 1–14.
Prinz, J. J. (2004). Gut Reactions: A Perceptual Theory of Emotion. New York: Oxford University Press.
Prinz, J. J. (2005). Are Emotions Feelings? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 12(8–10), 9–25.
Prinz, J. J. (2006). The Emotional Basis of Moral Judgments. Philosophical Explorations, 9(1), 29–43. http://doi.org/10.1080/13869790500492466
Quine, W. V. O. (1953). Two Dogmas of Empiricism. En From a Logical Point of View. Harvard University Press.
Reisenzein, R., & Stephan, A. (2014). More on James and the Physical Basis of Emotion. Emotion Review, 6(1), 35–46. http://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.102.4.757
Robinson, J. (2005). Deeper than Reason. New York: Oxford University Press. http://doi.org/10.1093/0199263655.001.0001
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