<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Deonna and Teroni’s <italic>The Emotions</italic> is both an excellent introduction to philosophical work on emotions and a novel defence of their own Attitudinal Theory. After summarising their discussion of the literature I describe and evaluate their positive view. I challenge their theory on three fronts: their claim that emotions are a form of bodily awareness, their account of what makes an emotion correct, and their account of what justifies an emotion.</p></abstract>

Deonna and Teroni’s The Emotions is both an excellent introduction to philosophical work on emotions and a novel defence of their own Attitudinal Theory. After summarising their discussion of the literature I describe and evaluate their positive view. I challenge their theory on three fronts: their claim that emotions are a form of bodily awareness, their account of what makes an emotion correct, and their account of what justifies an emotion.

Are Emotions Embodied Evaluative Attitudes? Critical Review of Julien A. Deonna and Fabrice Teroni’s <italic>The Emotions: A Philosophical Introduction</italic>

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Are Emotions Embodied Evaluative Attitudes? Critical Review of Julien A. Deonna and Fabrice Teroni’s 

Deonna and Teroni’s The Emotions is both an excellent introduction to philosophical work on emotions and a novel defence of their own Attitudinal Theory. After...

Are Emotions Embodied Evaluative Attitudes? Critical Review of Julien A. Deonna and Fabrice Teroni’s The Emotions: A Philosophical Introduction

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 93 - 106

Received: Mar 31, 2013

Accepted: Apr 08, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2014-0005

Keywords
Emotion, embodiment, evaluation, correctness, justification

© 2014 Joel Smith, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Are Emotions Embodied Evaluative Attitudes? Critical Review of Julien A. Deonna and Fabrice Teroni’s The Emotions: A Philosophical Introduction

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 93 - 106

Received: Mar 31, 2013

Accepted: Apr 08, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2014-0005

KeywordsEmotion, embodiment, evaluation, correctness, justification

© 2014 Joel Smith, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Emotion, embodiment, evaluation, correctness, justification