Buch, Englisch, 76 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 125 g
Reihe: Elements in Epistemology
Buch, Englisch, 76 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 125 g
Reihe: Elements in Epistemology
ISBN: 978-1-009-30784-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Knowledge of our emotional and bodily states helps us to further know our goals, values, interests, cares, and concerns. The authors first lay out a puzzle as to why bodily and emotional self-knowledge is strongly associated with good mental health and well-being. They solve this puzzle by mapping out connections between bodily states, emotional states, and our goals with an account of emotions as embodied appraisals. Emotions being embodied implies that self-knowledge of our bodily states aids in acquiring knowledge of our emotional states. Emotions as appraisals means that situations are appraised relative to our goals, such that self-knowledge of emotional states aids in acquiring knowledge of our goals, which are not always transparent to us. While emotional self-knowledge can be difficult to acquire, through skilled practice we can improve awareness and knowledge of our emotional and bodily states.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction; 2. The puzzle of 'Feeling Well'; 3. Solving the puzzle; 4. Emotions and Self-Knowledge; 5. Self-Knowledge can be difficult to acquire; 6. Conclusion; References.
