The reactive theory of emotions |
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Authors: | Olivier Massin |
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Institution: | Institute of Philosophy, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Evaluative theories of emotions purport to shed light on the nature of emotions by appealing to values. Three kinds of evaluative theories of emotions dominate the recent literature: the judgment theory equates emotions with value judgments; the perceptual theory equates emotions with perceptions of values, and the attitudinal theory equates emotions with evaluative attitudes. This paper defends a fourth kind of evaluative theory of emotions, mostly neglected so far: the reactive theory. Reactive theories claim that emotions are attitudes which arise in reaction to perceptions of value. |
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