Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
Martin Pickavé editor Lisa Shapiro editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:4th Oct '12
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This volume offers a much needed shift of focus in the study of emotion in the history of philosophy. Discussion has tended to focus on the moral relevance of emotions, and (except in ancient philosophy) the role of emotions in cognitive life has received little attention. Thirteen new essays investigate the continuities between medieval and early modern thinking about the emotions, and open up a contemporary debate on the relationship between emotions, cognition, and reason, and the way emotions figure in our own cognitive lives. A team of leading philosophers of the medieval, renaissance, and early modern periods explore these ideas from the point of view of four key themes: the situation of emotions within the human mind; the intentionality of emotions and their role in cognition; emotions and action; the role of emotion in self-understanding and the social situation of individuals.
[T]here is much of value to be found in this volume. * Journal of the History of Philosophy *
this excellent volume provides a valuable overview of medieval debates about how to situate the passions within the mind and the role of the passions in cognition. It also provides some interesting and insightful essays on various subjects pertaining to early modern views on the passions and cognition, which help to show how early modern theories of the passions emerge from this medieval background. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the burgeoning field of work on the history of the passions and for contemporary philosophers interested in the connection between emotions and cognition. * Matthew J. Kisner, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy is a highly readable and carefully edited volume that gives a balanced... picture of the philosophy of emotions from Augustine to Hume.
ISBN: 9780199579914
Dimensions: 240mm x 172mm x 22mm
Weight: 604g
296 pages