Gut reactions: a perceptual theory of emotion

"Gut Reactions is an interdisciplinary defense of the claim that emotions are perceptions of changes in the body. This thesis, pioneered by William James and resuscitated by Antonio Damasio, has been widely criticized for failing to acknowledge that emotions are meaningful insofar as they repre...

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Main Author: Prinz, Jesse J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2004
Series:Philosophy of mind series
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Summary:"Gut Reactions is an interdisciplinary defense of the claim that emotions are perceptions of changes in the body. This thesis, pioneered by William James and resuscitated by Antonio Damasio, has been widely criticized for failing to acknowledge that emotions are meaningful insofar as they represent concerns, not respiratory function and blood pressure. Fear represents danger, sadness represents loss. To explain this fact, many researchers conclude that emotions must involve judgments regarding one's relationship to the environment. Prinz offers a new unified account of the emotions that reconciles these two theories. He argues that emotions are embodied appraisals - they are perceptions of the body, but, through the body, they also allow us to literally perceive danger, loss, and other matters of concern."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Paperback Ausg. 2006
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-264) and index
Physical Description:IX, 271 S. Ill.
ISBN:0195151453
9780195309362
9780195151459

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