Not Passion's Slave Emotions and Choice

Name: Not Passion's Slave Emotions and Choice
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ISBN: 9780195145496

ISBN-10: 0195145496

ISBN-13: 9780195145496

Edition: 2002

Authors: Robert Solomon

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The idea that we are in some significant sense responsible for our emotions is an idea that Robert Solomon has developed for almost three decades. Here, in a single volume, he traces the development of this theory of emotions and elaborate it in detail. Two themes run through his work: the first presents a "cognitive" theory of emotions in which emotions are construed primarily as evaluative judgments. The second proposes an "existentialist" perspective in which he defends the idea that, as we are responsible for our emotions. Indeed, sometimes it even makes sense to say that we "choose" them. While the first claim has gained increasing currency in the literature, his claim about…

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List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/30/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 9.10" wide x 6.20" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Emotions and Choice (1973)



On Physiology and Feelings (1976)



The Rationality of Emotions (1977)



Nothing to be Proud of (1980)



Emotions' Mysterious Objects (1984)



Getting Angry: The Jamesian Theory of Emotion in Anthropology (1984)



On Emotions as Judgments (1988)



Back to Basics: On the Very Idea of "Basic Emotions" (1993, rev. 2001)



The Politics of Emotion (1998)



Against Valence ("Positive" and "Negative" Emotions) (2001)



Thoughts and Feelings: What Is a "Cognitive Theory" of the Emotions and Does It Neglect Affectivity? (2001)



On the Passivity of the Passions (2001)


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