Dr Demian Whiting D.Whiting@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
The feeling theory of emotion and the object-directed emotions
Whiting, Demian
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Abstract
The 'feeling theory of emotion' holds that emotions are to be identified with feelings. An objection commonly made to that theory of emotion has it that emotions cannot be feelings only, as emotions have intentional objects. Jack does not just feel fear, but he feels fear-of-something. To explain this property of emotion we will have to ascribe to emotion a representational structure, and feelings do not have the sought after representational structure. In this paper I seek to defend the feeling theory of emotion against the challenge from the object-directed emotions. © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Citation
Whiting, D. (2011). The feeling theory of emotion and the object-directed emotions. European Journal of Philosophy, 19(2), 281-303. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0378.2009.00384.x
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Sep 25, 2009 |
Publication Date | 2011-06 |
Deposit Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
Journal | European Journal Of Philosophy |
Print ISSN | 0966-8373 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 281-303 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0378.2009.00384.x |
Keywords | Philosophy |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/468927 |
Publisher URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-0378.2009.00384.x |
Contract Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
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