Evaluating Emotions [electronic resource] /
Düringer, Eva-Maria.author.
How are emotions related to values? This book argues against a perceptual theory of emotions, which sees emotions as perception-like states that help us gain evaluative knowledge, and argues for a caring-based theory of emotions, which sees emotions as felt desires or desire satisfactions, both of which arise out of caring about something.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-146) and index.
How are emotions related to values? This book argues against a perceptual theory of emotions, which sees emotions as perception-like states that help us gain evaluative knowledge, and argues for a caring-based theory of emotions, which sees emotions as felt desires or desire satisfactions, both of which arise out of caring about something.
Consciousness.
Ethics.
Philosophy of mind.
Emotions.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Philosophy of Mind.
Emotion.