Emotion, Cognition, and the Virtue of Flexibility

Isabel Kaeslin

Published by De Gruyter 2023

Emotion, Cognition, and the Virtue of Flexibility

Isabel Kaeslin

Volume 26 in the series Practical Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110780932

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About this book

Should emotions play a role in our decisions, even if they are "just feelings" and not necessarily "imbued with reason" or cognitively penetrated? The author shows that such basic feelings as aversion and attraction can be important normative guides by disrupting engrained habits and beliefs, enabling us to reconsider our ways, which is important due to the ever-changing nature of ethical demands on us. Therefore, these feelings should guide our decisions, even if they are not cognitive. This book fi lls a gap in the philosophy of emotions, ethics, and virtue epistemology.

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Isabel Kaeslin, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1: Emotional Response as a Normative Guide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Chapter 2: Feeling States and Cognitive States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Chapter 3: Against the Identification of Normativity with Rationality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter 4: The Virtue of Flexibility and the Unity of Feeling and Cognitive Capacities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Chapter 5: Spontaneous Aversion and Attraction in “Good Thinking” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Philosophy scholars and students, psychology scholars, ethicists, legal scholars, libraries, institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 178
Illustrations
- Tables: 2
Keywords: feeling states; emotional response; ethical decisions; virtues of thinking and believing

eBook

Published: October 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783110780932

Hardcover

Published: October 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783110780826