Philosophy of Mind: Emotions Philosophy Essay

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Using the death of her mother on emotional response she argues that in case it had been discovered in the whole episode that her blood pressure seemed to be very low or her pulse rate did not go beyond 60, no any reason that can be used in concluding that she was not grieving. Contrary to claim of James that without existence of bodily feeling then emotion does not have value but only a sort of cold judgment. Nevertheless, as discussed before, to some extent Nussbaum agree that emotions are eudaimonistic due to the fact that it has a bearing on the well-being and flourishing of the subject.

Upon analyzing the criticisms that is directed to the William James' theory, a conclusion can be made that emotional accuracy is not enough to be used in defining perception of bodily change.

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Based on the criticisms we are able to reach the next extreme of emotional accuracy. Many of the claims of coginiviny are associated to the emotional intentionality that explains why they are purely cognitive.

Conclusion

William James together with some other philosophers has tried to analyze emotions exclusively regarding judgment / beliefs or perception of bodily change. Nevertheless, upon scrutinizing William James' theory, we find that it has definitely left out the most essential part of emotion. Nussbaum, however have to some extend echoed that indeed functional use bodily changes' perception can accompany judgment that are emotions. Taking the argument that emotions are eudaimonistic and tend to revolve around flourishing of the agent, a conclusion can be drawn that mainly body feelings and judgments occur concurrently as emotion for the advantage of a….....

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