HOT Emotions: Dissolving the Paradox of Fiction
This essay critiques two of the main theories in the philosophy of emotions, the pure-cognitive theory and the neo-Jamesian theory, through the paradox of fiction. After explaining the different kinds of emotions we experience when engaging with fictions, I argue that a middle-ground, hybrid theory...
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| Language: | English |
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Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc.
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Contemporary Aesthetics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=653 |