Action, Emotion and Will

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Routledge, 2 sept 2003 - 192 páginas

Action, Emotion and Will was first published in 1963, when it was one of the first books to provoke serious interest in the emotions and philosophy of human action. Almost forty years on, Anthony Kenny's account of action and emotion is still essential reading for anyone interested in these topics.
The first part of the book takes an historical look at the emotions in the work of Descartes, Locke and particularly Hume. In the second part, Kenny moves on to discuss some of the experimental work on the emotions by 20th Century psychologists like William James. Separate chapters cover feelings, motives, desire and pleasure. This edition features a brand new preface by the author.

 

Índice

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
vii
PREFACE
xvii
THE PASSIONS OF THE SOIL
1
THE EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION OF THE EMOTIONS
20
FEELINGS
36
MOTIVES
53
DESIRE
70
PLEASURE
89
ACTIONS AND RELATIONS
106
STATES PERFORMANCES ACTIVITIES
120
OBJECTS
131
JUDGING AND WILLING
142
SKETCH OF A THEORY OF VOLITION
149
BIBLIOGRAPHY
168
INDEX
171
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Sir Anthony Kenny is former Professor of Philosophy at St. John's College, Oxford. he is the author of many books, including The Oxford History of Western Philosophy and Aquinas on Being.

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