Philosophy 2410F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thought Experiment, Aboutness, Road Rage
1 Jan 2019
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I feel pain i am angry he is angry . Descriptions of emotional states (emotions about myself) vs. ascribing of emotional states (emotions about other people: analysis of emotional states. Language of emotions: how we talk about emotions in ordinary language. Use language to analyze how we talk about emotion. Analysis of necessary and sufficient conditions: for any given state, what are the necessary conditions to be in that state, eg. What does anger involve: what is absolutely necessary for the emotion, armchair thought experiment, some things can be both necessary and sufficient. Occurs in emotions (we can be in multiple during one emotion) They will agree that there are emotions but no such thing exists as emotion. No one big unified domain that includes all topics in emotion: but will agree that there are emotions. First line says concept of emotion no s on emotions. Concept of emotion that suggests a unified language of emotion.
