Emotional Reason

Author : Bennett W. Helm
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001-04-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521801102

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Emotional Reason by Bennett W. Helm Pdf

How can we motivate ourselves to do what we think we ought? How can we deliberate about personal values and priorities? Bennett Helm argues that standard philosophical answers to these questions presuppose a sharp distinction between cognition and conation that undermines an adequate understanding of values and their connection to motivation and deliberation. Rejecting this distinction, Helm argues that emotions are fundamental to any account of value and motivation, and he develops a detailed alternative theory both of emotions, desires and evaluative judgements and of their rational interconnections. The result is an innovative theory of practical rationality and of how we can control not only what we do but also what we value and who we are as persons.

Author : Daniel S. Levine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000334296

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Healing the Reason-Emotion Split by Daniel S. Levine Pdf

Healing the Reason-Emotion Split draws on research from experimental psychology and neuroscience to dispel the myth that reason should be heralded above emotion. Arguing that reason and emotion mutually benefit our decision-making abilities, the book explores the idea that understanding this relationship could have long-term advantages for our management of society’s biggest problems. Levine reviews how reason and emotion operated in historical movements such as the Enlightenment, Romanticism and 1960s' counterculture, to conclude that a successful society would restore human connection and foster compassion in economics and politics by equally utilizing reason and emotion. Integrating discussion on classic and contemporary neurological studies and using allegory, the book lays out the potential for societal change through compassion, and would be of interest to psychologists concerned with social implications of their fields, philosophy students, social activists, and religious leaders.

Author : Roger Fisher,Daniel Shapiro
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101218877

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Beyond Reason by Roger Fisher,Daniel Shapiro Pdf

“Written in the same remarkable vein as Getting to Yes, this book is a masterpiece.” —Dr. Steven R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People • Winner of the Outstanding Book Award for Excellence in Conflict Resolution from the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution • In Getting to Yes, renowned educator and negotiator Roger Fisher presented a universally applicable method for effectively negotiating personal and professional disputes. Building on his work as director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, Fisher now teams with Harvard psychologist Daniel Shapiro, an expert on the emotional dimension of negotiation and author of Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts. In Beyond Reason, Fisher and Shapiro show readers how to use emotions to turn a disagreement-big or small, professional or personal-into an opportunity for mutual gain.

Author : John M. Cooper
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691223261

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Reason and Emotion by John M. Cooper Pdf

This book brings together twenty-three distinctive and influential essays on ancient moral philosophy--including several published here for the first time--by the distinguished philosopher and classical scholar John Cooper. The volume gives a systematic account of many of the most important issues and texts in ancient moral psychology and ethical theory, providing a unified and illuminating way of reflecting on the fields as they developed from Socrates and Plato through Aristotle to Epicurus and the Stoic philosophers Chrysippus and Posidonius, and beyond. For the ancient philosophers, Cooper shows here, morality was "good character" and what that entailed: good judgment, sensitivity, openness, reflectiveness, and a secure and correct sense of who one was and how one stood in relation to others and the surrounding world. Ethical theory was about the best way to be rather than any principles for what to do in particular circumstances or in relation to recurrent temptations. Moral psychology was the study of the psychological conditions required for good character--the sorts of desires, the attitudes to self and others, the states of mind and feeling, the kinds of knowledge and insight. Together these papers illustrate brilliantly how, by studying the arguments of the Greek philosophers in their diverse theories about the best human life and its psychological underpinnings, we can expand our own moral understanding and imagination and enrich our own moral thought. The collection will be crucial reading for anyone interested in classical philosophy and what it can contribute to reflection on contemporary questions about ethics and human life.

Author : Talia Morag
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317220473

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Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason by Talia Morag Pdf

The emotions pose many philosophical questions. We don't choose them; they come over us spontaneously. Sometimes emotions seem to get it wrong: we experience wrongdoing but do not feel anger, feel fear but recognise there is no danger. Yet often we expect emotions to be reasonable, intelligible and appropriate responses to certain situations. How do we explain these apparent contradictions? Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason presents a bold new picture of the emotions that challenges prevailing philosophical orthodoxy. Talia Morag argues that too much emphasis has been placed on the "reasonableness" of emotions and far too little on two neglected areas: the imagination and the unconscious. She uses these to propose a new philosophical and psychoanalytic conception of the emotions that challenges the perceived rationality of emotions; views the emotions as fundamental to determining one's self-image; and bases therapy on the ability to "listen" to one’s emotional episode as it occurs. Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason is one of the first books to connect philosophical research on the emotions to psychoanalysis. It will be essential reading for those studying ethics, the emotions, moral psychology and philosophy of psychology as well as those interested in psychoanalysis.

Author : John Macmurray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Emotions
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010399025

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Reason and Emotion by John Macmurray Pdf

Author : Antonio Damasio
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781101640135

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Descartes' Error by Antonio Damasio Pdf

"An ambitious and meticulous foray into the nature of being." -- The Boston Globe A landmark exploration of the relationship between emotion and reason Since Descartes famously proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person’s true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain function, disregarding emotions. This attitude began to change with the publication of Descartes’ Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio—"one of the world’s leading neurologists" (The New York Times)—challenged traditional ideas about the connection between emotions and rationality. In this wondrously engaging book, Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior.

Author : Arjun Chaudhuri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136406904

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Emotion and Reason in Consumer Behavior by Arjun Chaudhuri Pdf

Emotion and Reason in Consumer Behavior provides new insights into the effects that emotion and rational thought have on marketing outcomes. It uses sound academic research at a level students and professionals can understand.

Author : Patricia S. Greenspan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317857082

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Emotions and Reasons by Patricia S. Greenspan Pdf

In Emotions and Reasons, Patricia Greenspan offers an evaluative theory of emotion that assigns emotion a role of its own in the justification of action. She analyzes emotions as states of object-directed affect with evaluative propositional content possibly falling short of belief and held in mind by generalized comfort or discomfort.

Author : Robert H. Frank
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0393026043

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Passions Within Reason by Robert H. Frank Pdf

In looking at the behavior of the "me-generation" the author acknowledges the occurence of selfless acts and argues that looking out for number one may require looking out for others too

Author : Richard S. Lazarus,Bernice N. Lazarus
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780195104615

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Passion and Reason by Richard S. Lazarus,Bernice N. Lazarus Pdf

Passion and Reason describes how readers can interpret what lies behind their own emotions and those of their families, friends, and co-workers, and provides useful ideas about how to manage our emotions more effectively.

Author : M. N. S. Sellers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108420761

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Law, Reason, and Emotion by M. N. S. Sellers Pdf

What place do reason and emotion have in justice and the law? This thought-provoking text brings together leading lawyers and legal philosophers to argue that law gains legitimacy and effectiveness when reason recognizes and embraces human emotions for the benefit of society as a whole.

Author : Jenefer Robinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-07
Category : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
ISBN : 9780199263653

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Deeper Than Reason by Jenefer Robinson Pdf

Jenefer Robinson uses modern psychological and neuroscientific research on the emotions to study our emotional involvement with the arts.

Author : Talia Morag
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317220480

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Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason by Talia Morag Pdf

The emotions pose many philosophical questions. We don't choose them; they come over us spontaneously. Sometimes emotions seem to get it wrong: we experience wrongdoing but do not feel anger, feel fear but recognise there is no danger. Yet often we expect emotions to be reasonable, intelligible and appropriate responses to certain situations. How do we explain these apparent contradictions? Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason presents a bold new picture of the emotions that challenges prevailing philosophical orthodoxy. Talia Morag argues that too much emphasis has been placed on the "reasonableness" of emotions and far too little on two neglected areas: the imagination and the unconscious. She uses these to propose a new philosophical and psychoanalytic conception of the emotions that challenges the perceived rationality of emotions; views the emotions as fundamental to determining one's self-image; and bases therapy on the ability to "listen" to one’s emotional episode as it occurs. Emotion, Imagination, and the Limits of Reason is one of the first books to connect philosophical research on the emotions to psychoanalysis. It will be essential reading for those studying ethics, the emotions, moral psychology and philosophy of psychology as well as those interested in psychoanalysis.

Author : Eugenie A. Samier,Michèle Schmidt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135203160

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Emotional Dimensions of Educational Administration and Leadership by Eugenie A. Samier,Michèle Schmidt Pdf

Exploring foundational theories for emotional dimensions of educational administration and leadership this collection covers a broad range of topics, such as ethics, personality, social justice, gender discrimination and organisational culture.