Knowing emotions : truthfulness and recognition in affective experience /
Emotions are not merely physiological disturbances: they are experiences through which we apprehend truths about ourselves and the world. Emotions embody an understanding that is accessible to us only by means of affective experience. Only through emotions can we perceive meaning in life, and only b...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press, United States of America,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Emotions are not merely physiological disturbances: they are experiences through which we apprehend truths about ourselves and the world. Emotions embody an understanding that is accessible to us only by means of affective experience. Only through emotions can we perceive meaning in life, and only by feeling emotions are we capable of recognizing the value or significance of anything whatsoever. In this work, Rick Anthony Furtak examines this topic. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190492052 0190492058 9780190492069 0190492066 9780190862077 0190862076 |