Are Emotions Embodied Evaluative Attitudes? Critical Review of Julien A. Deonna and Fabrice Teroni's The Emotions: A Philosophical Introduction.

Deonna and Teroni's The Emotions is both an excellent introduction to philosophical work on emotions and a novel defence of their own Attitudinal Theory. After summarising their discussion of the literature I describe and evaluate their positive view. I challenge their theory on three fronts: their...

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Published in:Disputatio: International Journal of Philosophy Vol. 6; no. 38; pp. 93 - 107
Main Author: Smith, Joel
Format: Article
Published: Paradigm Publishing Services May2014
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Summary:Deonna and Teroni's The Emotions is both an excellent introduction to philosophical work on emotions and a novel defence of their own Attitudinal Theory. After summarising their discussion of the literature I describe and evaluate their positive view. I challenge their theory on three fronts: their claim that emotions are a form of bodily awareness, their account of what makes an emotion correct, and their account of what justifies an emotion.