What Emotions Really Are The Problem of Psychological Categories

Name: What Emotions Really Are The Problem of Psychological Categories
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ISBN: 9780226308722

ISBN-10: 0226308723

ISBN-13: 9780226308722

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Paul E. Griffiths

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In this provocative contribution to the philosophy of science and mind, Paul E. Griffiths criticizes contemporary philosophy and psychology of emotion for failing to take in an evolutionary perspective and address current work in neurobiology and cognitive science. Reviewing the three current models of emotion, Griffiths points out their deficiencies and constructs a basis for future models that pay equal attention to biological fact and conceptual rigor. "Griffiths has written a work of depth and clarity in an area of murky ambiguity, producing a much-needed standard at the border of science, philosophy, and psychology. . . . As he presents his case, offering a forthright critique of past…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/12/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 294
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Philosophy and Emotion—The Poverty of Conceptual Analysis



The Psychoevolutionary Approach to Emotion



Affect Programs and Emotion Modules



The Higher Cognitive Emotions: Some Research Programs



The Social Construction of Emotion



Natural Kinds and Theoretical Concepts



Natural Kinds in Biology and Psychology



What Emotions Really Are





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