资源描述：
《emotion & value文档》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、PhilosophyCompass9/10(2014):702–712,10.1111/phc3.12167EmotionandValueCainTodd*LancasterUniversityAbstractThenatureofthegeneralconnectionbetweenemotionandvalue,andofthevariousconnectionsbetweenspecificemotionsandvalues,liesattheheartofphilosophicaldiscussionoftheemotions.Itisalsocen
2、traltosomeaccountsofthenatureofvalueitself,ofvalueingeneralbutalsoofthespecificvaluesstudiedwithinparticularphilosophicaldomains.Theseissuesallformthesubjectmatterofthisarticle,andtheyinturnareallconnectedbytwomainquestions:(i)Howdoemotionsdiscloseorcreatevalues?(ii)Whataretheepist
3、emiccredentialsofemotioninjustifyingevaluativethoughtanddiscourse?Thissecondquestionobviouslypresupposessomeanswertothefirstquestionconcerningthewayinwhichemotionsreveal,constitute,orcreatevalue.1.IntroductionThelastfewdecadeshavewitnessedarapidlygrowinginterestin,andexpandingliter
4、atureon1theemotions,philosophyandpsychology,aswellasotherdomains.Havingmoreorlessneglectedthetopicthroughoutitsbriefhistory,onlyinthe1970sand1980sdidanalyticphilosophybegintogiveseriousconsiderationtotheemotions.Twokeydevelopmentsarenoteworthy.First,againstthescepticismbefittingtra
5、ditionalviewsofemotionsaspassive,disruptive,andirrationalstates,RobertSolomon(1976)launchedtheviewthattheyareinfactcognitivestates,specificallyjudgmentsofvalue.Theattributionofacognitive,rationalcharactertoemotions,andonethattiesthemtoevaluativejudgementshasbeenhighlyinfluentialandh
6、asshapedallsubsequentphilosophicaldebatesaboutthenatureofemotions.Second,muchphilosophicalreflectiononthenatureofemotionhasbeenparticularlymarkedbyitsattentiontocontemporarypsychologicalandneuroscientificresearch.Itisinterestinginthislighttonoteparalleldevelopmentsinthesedifferentar
7、eas,althoughitisbeyondthescopeofthisarticletoexpoundtherelevantpsychologicaltheoriesinanydetail.Somepreliminaryremarksmaybeusefulinsettingthescene.Almostassoonasonebeginstoreflectonthenatureofemotioningeneral,oronparticularemotions,valueentersthepicture,althoughtheconverseisnotnece
8、ssarilytrue.Whatisittoundergoanem
