The modularity of emotions / edited by Luc Faucher and Christine Tappolet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faucher, Luc, 1963-

Tappolet, Christine

Series:

Canadian journal of philosophy. Supplementary volume 0229-7051 ; 32.

Canadian journal of philosophy. Supplementary volume, 0229-7051 ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions (Philosophy).

Modularity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xxxi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 2008.

Summary:

Can emotions be rational or are they necessarily irrational? Are (some) emotions basic, that is, universally shared states or are they socio-cultural constructions? Are emotions perceptions of some kind? Since the publication of Jerry Fodor's The Modularity of Mind (1983), a new question, the answer to which is closely tied to the questions just mentioned, has emerged: Are emotions modular? A positive answer to this question would mean, minimally, that emotions are cognitive capacities that can be explained in terms of mental components that are functionally dissociable from other parts of the mind. But depending on the kind of modules that are considered (Chomskyan modules, Fodorian modules, Darwinian modules, etc.) the answer to this question might well be different. The twelve new essays in this volume address the question whether emotions, or some of them, are modules (in one or another sense of the word) and explore what this would entail with respect to our understanding of emotional phenomena in general.

Contents:

Introduction: Modularity and the Nature of Emotions / Luc Faucher, Christine Tappolet vii

1 Modularity and the Rationality of Emotions

Quick and Smart? Modularity and the Pro-Emotion Consensus / Karen Jones 3

Against Emotional Modularity / Ronald de Sousa 29

2 Modularity and Basic Emotions

Emotions Are Not Modules / James A. Russell 53

Beyond the Basics: The Evolution and Development of Human Emotions / Robyn Bluhm 73

Empathy, Primitive Reactions and the Modularity of Emotion / Anne J. Jacobson 95

Biological Modules and Emotions / Paul Dumouchel 115

3 The Analogy with Perception

Is Emotion a Form of Perception? / Jesse J. Prinz 137

Two Views of Emotional Perception: Some Empirical Suggestions / Andrew Sneddon 161

Assembling the Emotions / Vincent Bergeron, Mohan Matthen 185

Cognitive Modularity of Emotion / Louis C. Charland 213

4 The Modularity of Particular Emotion Types

Shame and Other Cases of Modularity without Modules / Ruwen Ogien 231

An Unexpected Pleasure / Timothy Schroeder 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0919491324

9780919491328

OCLC:

181078374