Emotion and Object

John R. S. Wilson

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511735813

A study in the philosophy of mind, centred on the problem of 'intentionality' the sense in which emotions can be said to have objects, their relation to these objects, and the implications of this relation for our understanding of human action and behaviour. Dr Wilson sets his enquiry against a broad historical background on what distinguishes man from inanimate objects by describing both Cartesian view of man is matter plus mind and the neo-Wittgensteinian view that there is a dynamic behavioural difference – causal notions being often inapplicable to human action. Dr Wilson goes on to show the controversies and arguments that arise from the notion of intentionality cannot be analysed in causal terms. Dr Wilson believes that this notion can be shown causally and sets out to prove it. Finally, he brings this argument to a larger context mentioning that it has far-reaching effects in natural and social sciences.

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Preface
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I - Introduction
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II - Causal relations
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III - Non-contingent relations
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IV - Kenny's aims
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V - Kenny's arguments
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VI - Objects: delimitation of scope
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VII - Objects: logico-grammatical criteria
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VIII - Objects: two methods of approach
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IX - Emotion and object: reactions to events
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X - Emotion and object: the general conditions
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XI - Emotion and object: some residual problems
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XII - Immediacy and incorrigibility
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XIII - First-person privilege
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XIV - Attention and object
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XV - Intentionality
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XVI - Some interpretative problems
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XVII - The extensional approach
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XVIII - Syntactical ambiguity
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XIX - Conclusion
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-viii

I - Introduction
pp 1-7

II - Causal relations
pp 8-17

III - Non-contingent relations
pp 18-27

IV - Kenny's aims
pp 28-37

V - Kenny's arguments
pp 38-51

VI - Objects: delimitation of scope
pp 52-59

VII - Objects: logico-grammatical criteria
pp 60-69

VIII - Objects: two methods of approach
pp 70-76

IX - Emotion and object: reactions to events
pp 77-88

X - Emotion and object: the general conditions
pp 89-95

XI - Emotion and object: some residual problems
pp 96-102

XII - Immediacy and incorrigibility
pp 103-112

XIII - First-person privilege
pp 113-120

XIV - Attention and object
pp 121-131

XV - Intentionality
pp 132-140

XVI - Some interpretative problems
pp 141-152

XVII - The extensional approach
pp 153-162

XVIII - Syntactical ambiguity
pp 163-176

XIX - Conclusion
pp 177-189

Bibliography
pp 190-191

Index
pp 192-192

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