<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

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2018

Pages: 93 - 106

Reçu: 31 mars 2013

Accepté: 08 avr. 2014

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

Mots clés
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

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2018

Pages: 93 - 106

Reçu: 31 mars 2013

Accepté: 08 avr. 2014

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

Mots clésEmotion, embodiment, evaluation, correctness, justification

© 2014 Joel Smith, published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
Emotion, embodiment, evaluation, correctness, justification