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ARE EMOTIONS PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCES OF VALUE?
- Source :
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Ratio . Mar2012, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p93-107. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- A number of emotion theorists hold that emotions are perceptions of value. In this paper I say why they are wrong. I claim that in the case of emotion there is nothing that can provide the perceptual modality that is needed if the perceptual theory is to succeed (where by 'perceptual modality' I mean the particular manner in which something is perceived). I argue that the five sensory modalities are not possible candidates for providing us with 'emotional perception'. But I also say why the usual candidate offered - namely feeling or affectivity - does not give us the sought-after perceptual modality. I conclude that as there seems to be nothing else that can provide the needed perceptual modality, we should reject the perceptual theory of emotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *EMOTIONS
*SENSORY perception
*COGNITION
*PSYCHOLOGY
*PHILOSOPHY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00340006
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Ratio
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 71546995
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2011.00518.x