What is emotion? This free course, Emotion: an introductory picture, takes a philosophical approach to this question in an attempt to understand why people respond to events in a certain way. Is there a difference between an emotion and a bodily feeling or is one a consequence of the other?
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Introduction: a picture of emotion
- 1 Introduction: a picture of emotion
- 2 The ‘What is…?’ question
- 2 The ‘What is…?’ question
- 2.1 Philosophy and science
- 2.2 Identifying emotions
- 2.3 Essential properties and central cases
- 2.4 Components, causes and effects
- 3 Emotions as bodily feelings
- 3 Emotions as bodily feelings
- 3.1 William James
- 3.2 Understanding James's account
- 3.3 Emotion, motivation and action
- 3.4 Cognitive and non-cognitive states
- 3.5 Emotions as passions
- 3.6 Assessing James's argument
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
