A proposal that extends the enactive approach developed in cognitive science and philosophy of mind to issues in affective science.
In The Feeling Body, Giovanna Colombetti takes ideas from the enactive approach developed over the last twenty years in cognitive science and philosophy of mind and applies them for the first time to affective science -- the study of emotions, moods, and feelings. She argues tha…
In The Feeling Body, Giovanna Colombetti takes ideas from the enactive approach developed over the last twenty years in cognitive science and philosophy of mind and applies them for the first time to affective science -- the study of emotions, moods, and feelings. She argues tha…
"A neuroscience-based view that argues not only that empathy is necessary for our personal happiness and planetary survival, but its essential components, how to gain them, and how to use them in any circumstance"
"A neuroscience-based view that argues not only that empathy is necessary for our personal happiness and planetary survival, but its essential components, how to gain them, and how to use them in any circumstance"--
"A neuroscience-based view that argues not only that empathy is necessary for our personal happiness and planetary survival, but its essential components, how to gain them, and how to use them in any circumstance"--
Despite countless studies on the topic, we don't yet know the answer to the question "What is an emotion?" This book, based on a popular course taught by the authors, delves into different ways of understanding all our emotions, from happiness to shame and everything in between.
"After years of neglect by both mainstream biology and psychology, the study of emotions has emerged as a central topic of scientific inquiry in the vibrant new discipline of affective neuroscience. Elizabeth Johnston and Leah Olson trace how work in this rapidly expanding field…
Reviews research on emotions, expands on the theory of emotions introduced in Nico Frijda's earlier work, and addresses a number of unanswered, basic problems on emotion theory. The author's goal is to better understand the underlying psychological mechanisms of emotion. The boo…
Beyond mere emotivism, a self-organizational enactivism grounded in an exploratory drive, or SEEKING system, suggests a truth-functional yet hermeneutical moral psychology.
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