... a wealth of well-presented empirical findings, rich theorising and thought-provoking debate. The book should serve as an excellent summary of the current status of this fascinating and useful area and deserves to be widely read by any who are interested in the relation between cognition and emotion, in particular, perhaps, by those involved in the development of cognitive treatments for emotional disorders.

• PART I - NEUROSCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS ; 1. William James and the modern neurobiology of emotion ; 2. Homologizing human emotions ; PART II - EMOTION, BELIEF AND APPRAISAL ; 3. Emotional behaviour and the scope of belief-desire explanation ; 4. Which emotions are basic? ; 5. Towards a 'Machiavellian' theory of emotional appraisal ; 6. Unpicking reasonable emotions ; PART III - EVOLUTION AND THE RATIONALITY OF EMOTION ; 7. Evolution, culture and the irrationality of the emotions ; 8. The role of emotions in ecological and practical rationality ; 9. The search hypothesis of emotion ; 10. Adaptive illusions: optimism, control and human rationality ; 11. Emotion versus reason as a genetic conflict ; PART IV - PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ; 12. Conscience and conflict: Darwin, Freud and the origins of human aggression ; 13. Emotion, reason and virtue

... a wealth of well-presented empirical findings, rich theorising and thought-provoking debate. The book should serve as an excellent summary of the current status of this fascinating and useful area and deserves to be widely read by any who are interested in the relation between cognition and emotion, in particular, perhaps, by those involved in the development of cognitive treatments for emotional disorders.

• PART I - NEUROSCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS ; 1. William James and the modern neurobiology of emotion ; 2. Homologizing human emotions ; PART II - EMOTION, BELIEF AND APPRAISAL ; 3. Emotional behaviour and the scope of belief-desire explanation ; 4. Which emotions are basic? ; 5. Towards a 'Machiavellian' theory of emotional appraisal ; 6. Unpicking reasonable emotions ; PART III - EVOLUTION AND THE RATIONALITY OF EMOTION ; 7. Evolution, culture and the irrationality of the emotions ; 8. The role of emotions in ecological and practical rationality ; 9. The search hypothesis of emotion ; 10. Adaptive illusions: optimism, control and human rationality ; 11. Emotion versus reason as a genetic conflict ; PART IV - PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ; 12. Conscience and conflict: Darwin, Freud and the origins of human aggression ; 13. Emotion, reason and virtue