The Rationalities of Emotion

I argue that emotions are not only rational in-themselves, strictly speaking, but they are also instrumentally rational, epistemically rational, and evaluatively rational. I begin with a discussion of what it means for emotions to be rational or irrational in-themselves, which includes the derivati...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ef988e566f4d456f828b49b40038d05a2021-12-02T10:15:20ZThe Rationalities of Emotion10.13128/Phe_Mi-201052280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/ef988e566f4d456f828b49b40038d05a2017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7242https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 I argue that emotions are not only rational in-themselves, strictly speaking, but they are also instrumentally rational, epistemically rational, and evaluatively rational. I begin with a discussion of what it means for emotions to be rational or irrational in-themselves, which includes the derivation of a criterion for the ontological rationality of emotions (CORe): For emotion or an emotion there exists some normative standard that is given by what emotion or an emotion is against which our emotional responses can be judged or evaluated in virtue of the fact that our emotions manifest our rationality. I conclude with a brief discussion of the implications of this account. Cecilea MunRosenberg & SellierarticleemotionsrationalityirrationalityknowledgeAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 11 (2017)
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FR
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topic emotions
rationality
irrationality
knowledge
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
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rationality
irrationality
knowledge
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
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Cecilea Mun
The Rationalities of Emotion
description I argue that emotions are not only rational in-themselves, strictly speaking, but they are also instrumentally rational, epistemically rational, and evaluatively rational. I begin with a discussion of what it means for emotions to be rational or irrational in-themselves, which includes the derivation of a criterion for the ontological rationality of emotions (CORe): For emotion or an emotion there exists some normative standard that is given by what emotion or an emotion is against which our emotional responses can be judged or evaluated in virtue of the fact that our emotions manifest our rationality. I conclude with a brief discussion of the implications of this account.
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