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Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
. Ed(S): Pickave, Martin; Shapiro, Lisa
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Description for Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
This volume explores emotion in medieval and early modern thought, and opens a contemporary debate on the way emotions figure in our cognitive lives. Thirteen original essays explore the key themes of emotion within the mind; the intentionality of emotions; emotions and action; and the role of emotion in self-understanding and social situations. Editor(s): Pickave, Martin; Shapiro, Lisa. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM; HPQ; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199579914
SKU
V9780199579914
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About . Ed(S): Pickave, Martin; Shapiro, Lisa
Lisa Shapiro is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of numerous articles on Descartes, with a specific focus on how his writings on the passions sheds light on his account of human nature, and on writings of early modern women thinkers. She is also the editor and translator of The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth ... Read more
Reviews for Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
[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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more