Knowing emotions : truthfulness and recognition in affective experience / Rick Anthony Furtak.

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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Main Author: Furtak, Rick Anthony (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, United States of America, [2018]
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190492052
0190492058
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0190492066
9780190862077
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