PHL 606 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Irving Singer

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHL 606
• Professor: Christopher Thomson

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Phl module 6 - the structure of love - soble, a. , the nature of love - singer, i. Explaining the occurrence of love is not the same as explication the concept. We ge(cid:374)erall(cid:455) use the (cid:449)ord lo(cid:448)e to des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e a(cid:374) a(cid:272)t of prizi(cid:374)g, (cid:272)herishi(cid:374)g, (cid:272)ari(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out all modes of valuation. Appraising is a branch of empirical science, specifically directed toward the determining of value. Deciding (cid:449)hat so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g is (cid:449)orth to o(cid:374)e"s self it is (cid:272)alled i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual appraisal. Love is not reducible to individual or objective value. Love is a type of valuing called bestowal. Lovers create within themselves a remarkable capacity for affective response, an ability to use their emotions, their words, their deeds for bestowing as well as appraising value. Appraisal is a way of knowing, an emotions may always interfere with its proper employment. But love is an imaginative means of bestowing value that would not exist otherwise.