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Emotions and understanding : Wittgensteinian perspectives

Title
Emotions and understanding : Wittgensteinian perspectives / edited by Ylva Gustafsson, Camilla Kronqvist, Michael McEachrane.
Publication
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Gustafsson, Ylva, 1971-
  • Kronqvist, Camilla, 1976-
  • McEachrane, Michael, 1970-
Description
x, 240 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Putting the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1891-1951) to work, contributors, address subjects ranging from philosophy to affective neuroscience to literary theory. Beyond being a source of inspiration for the advanced reader in the philosophy of emotion, anyone with a general interest in understanding the emotions should benefit from reading this book."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig 1889-1951
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig
  • Emotions (Philosophy)
  • Philosophy of mind
  • Gefühl
  • Emoties
  • Analytische filosofie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Wittgenstein's commonsense realism about the mind / Alice Crary -- Wittgenstein on emotion / Joachim Schulte -- The conceptual framework for the investigation of emotions / P.M.S. Hacker -- Emotion-philosophy-science / Phil Hutchinson -- Capturing emotional thoughts: the philosophy of cognitive-behavioral therapy / Michael McEachrane --The self and the emotions / John V. Canfield -- What's in a smile? / Lars Hertzberg -- Emotion, expression and conversation / David Cockburn -- Illusions of empathy / Ylva Gustafsson -- The fiction of paradox: really feeling for Anna Karenina / Daniéle Moyal-Sharrock -- On the pursuit of happiness / Duncan Richter -- Our struggles with reality / Camilla Kronqvist -- Extreme aversive emotions: a Wittgensteinian approach to dread / Rupert Read.
ISBN
  • 9780230201446
  • 023020144X
LCCN
2008034756
OCLC
  • ocn243845311
  • 243845311
  • SCSB-9510726
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library