Value of Emotions for Knowledge

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

This innovative new volume analyses the role of emotions in knowledge acquisition. Against scepticism about the possible positive role emotions play in knowledge, the authors highlight the how and the why of this potential, lucidly exploring the key aspects of the functionality of emotions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-05-08
Mått:148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt:556 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:310
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030156664

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Laura Candiotto is von Humboldt Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Free University of Berlin, Germany. Her research on emotions merges her interest in social epistemology and philosophy of mind, social ontology, theories of happiness and well-being, and the history of philosophy.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction. From Philosophy of Emotion to Epistemology: Some Questions about the Epistemic Relevance of Emotions, Laura Candiotto.-Section I: Emotional Rationality.- 2. How Emotions Know: Naturalizing Epistemology via Emotions, Cecilia Mun.- 3. What Can Information Encapsulation Tell Us About Emotional Rationality?, Raamy Majeed.- Section II: Emotional Regulatory Affordances.- 4. A Pragmatist View of Emotions: Tracing its Significance for the Current Debate, Roberta Dreon.- 5. Getting Warmer: Predictive Processing and the Nature of Emotion, Sam Wilkinson, George Dean, Kathryn Nave & Andy Clark.- 6. Emotional Reflexivity in Reasoning: The Function of Describing the Environment in Emotion Regulation, Dina Mendonça & João Sàágua.- Section III: The Epistemic Value of Emotions in Self-Understanding.- 7. Moving Stories: Agency, Emotion and Practical Rationality, Dave Ward.- 8. Disorientationand Cognitive Enquiry, Owen Earnshaw.- Section IV: The Epistemic Value of Negative Emotions and Suffering.- 9. Learning from Adversity: Suffering and Wisdom, Michael Brady.- 10. The Grapes of Wrath and Scorn, Pascal Engel.- Section V: The Epistemic Value of Group Level Emotions and Moods.- 11. Emotions In-Between: The Affective Dimension of Participatory Sense-Making, Laura Candiotto.- 12. Group Emotions and Group Epistemology, Anja Berninger.- 13. In Search for the Rationality of Moods, Anthony Hatzimoyisis.