Sound Sentiments: Integrity in the Emotions by David Pugmire (English) Paperback

Description: Sound Sentiments by David Pugmire Sound Sentiments seeks to open a new path in the philosophy of emotion. The focus of most recent work on the philosophy of emotion has been on the nature of emotion, with some attention also to the relation of emotion to ethics. This book explores the idea that emotions admit of valuation, of degrees of adequacy. We cannot just decide what to think, or to desire, or to feel, as we can decide to act, and these attitudes are integral to emotions. Nonetheless, emotions can have normative characteristics that resemble virtues. Philosophers are familiar with the notion that emotions are valuational. But how well they serve that function determines the value they themselves have. The book opens with an account of the theory of emotion, reflecting recent work on that, and considers the way in which emotions are valuational (with reference to the contributions of writers such as de Sousa, Gibbard, and McDowell). The worth of an emotional experience depends on the quality of the valuation it itself achieves. Most of the book is then devoted to a set of interconnected themes.Some of these concern properties that emotions can have which can variously enhance or detract from them: profundity, social leverage, narcissism, and sentimentality. Others are attitudes with characteristic emotional loadings, and sometimes motivations, that raise similar questions: cynicism, ambivalence, and sophistication. David Pugmires general approach is indirect and negative: to analyse emotional foibles, which tend to elude us as we succumb to them, and thereby to point to what soundness in emotion would be. He also elicits connections amongst these aspects of the emotional life. The most pervasive is the dimension of profundity, which opens the discussion: each of the subsequent problems amounts to a way in which emotion can be shallow and slight and so amount to less than it seems; and accordingly, each identifies a form of integrity in the emotions. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Sound Sentiments seeks to open a new path in the philosophy of emotion. The focus of most recent work on the philosophy of emotion has been on the nature of emotion, with some attention also to the relation of emotion to ethics. This book explores the idea that emotions admit of valuation, of degrees of adequacy. We cannot just decide what to think, or to desire, or to feel, as we can decide to act, and these attitudes are integral to emotions. Nonetheless,emotions can have normative characteristics that resemble virtues. Philosophers are familiar with the notion that emotions are valuational. But how well they serve that function determines the value theythemselves have. The book opens with an account of the theory of emotion, reflecting recent work on that, and considers the way in which emotions are valuational (with reference to the contributions of writers such as de Sousa, Gibbard, and McDowell). The worth of an emotional experience depends on the quality of the valuation it itself achieves. Most of the book is then devoted to a set of interconnected themes. Some of these concern properties that emotions can havewhich can variously enhance or detract from them: profundity, social leverage, narcissism, and sentimentality. Others are attitudes with characteristic emotional loadings, and sometimes motivations, thatraise similar questions: cynicism, ambivalence, and sophistication. David Pugmires general approach is indirect and negative: to analyse emotional foibles, which tend to elude us as we succumb to them, and thereby to point to what soundness in emotion would be. He also elicits connections amongst these aspects of the emotional life. The most pervasive is the dimension of profundity, which opens the discussion: each of the subsequent problems amounts to a way in which emotion can be shallow andslight and so amount to less than it seems; and accordingly, each identifies a form of integrity in the emotions. Author Biography David Pugmire is in the Department of Philosophy, University of Southampton. Table of Contents Introduction1: An Anatomy of Emotion2: Profundity in Emotion3: The Work of Emotion4: Narcissism and Emotion5: Sentiment and Sentimentality6: Cynicism and Safe Sentiment7: Conflict: mixed emotions and the divisible heart8: Sophistication9: Retrospective Review `Review from previous edition There are surprisingly few notable philosophical discussions of the concept of depth and Pugmires is one of the best.Tony Milligan, Metapsychology`It is subtle, original, invigoratingly opinionated, and, as I hope my quotations have illustrated, stylishly written. It is a fine contribution to the literature on the moral psychology of emotions, and deserves to be widely read.Ronald de Sousa, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Long Description Sound Sentiments seeks to open a new path in the philosophy of emotion. The focus of most recent work on the philosophy of emotion has been on the nature of emotion, with some attention also to the relation of emotion to ethics. This book explores the idea that emotions admit of valuation, of degrees of adequacy. We cannot just decide what to think, or to desire, or to feel, as we can decide to act, and these attitudes are integral to emotions. Nonetheless,emotions can have normative characteristics that resemble virtues. Philosophers are familiar with the notion that emotions are valuational. But how well they serve that function determines the value they themselves have. The book opens with an account of the theory of emotion, reflecting recent work on that, and considers the way in which emotions are valuational (with reference to the contributions of writers such as de Sousa, Gibbard, and McDowell). The worth of an emotional experience depends on the quality of the valuation it itself achieves. Most of the book is then devoted to a set of interconnected themes. Some of these concern properties that emotions can have which can variously enhance or detract fromthem: profundity, social leverage, narcissism, and sentimentality. Others are attitudes with characteristic emotional loadings, and sometimes motivations, that raise similar questions: cynicism, ambivalence, and sophistication. David Pugmires general approach is indirect and negative: to analyseemotional foibles, which tend to elude us as we succumb to them, and thereby to point to what soundness in emotion would be. He also elicits connections amongst these aspects of the emotional life. The most pervasive is the dimension of profundity, which opens the discussion: each of the subsequent problems amounts to a way in which emotion can be shallow and slight and so amount to less than it seems; and accordingly, each identifies a form of integrity in the emotions. Review Text Review from previous edition There are surprisingly few notable philosophical discussions of the concept of depth and Pugmires is one of the best.Tony Milligan, MetapsychologyIt is subtle, original, invigoratingly opinionated, and, as I hope my quotations have illustrated, stylishly written. It is a fine contribution to the literature on the moral psychology of emotions, and deserves to be widely read.Ronald de Sousa, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Review Quote "Sound Sentimentsincludes a convincing vindication of the notion of emotional depth. [...] It is subtle, original, invigoratingly opinionated, and [...] stylishly written. It is a fine contribution to the literature on the moral psychology of emotions, and deserves to be widely read. --NotreDame Philosophical Reviews Feature A genuinely novel approach to the concept of emotional integrityEmotion is one of the hottest topics in philosophy of mindWritten in an engaging and accessible style; many illuminating examples Details ISBN019922806X Author David Pugmire Language English ISBN-10 019922806X ISBN-13 9780199228065 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2007 Subtitle Integrity in the Emotions Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations black & white illustrations Short Title SOUND SENTIMENTS REV/E Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9780199228065 UK Release Date 2007-06-21 AU Release Date 2007-06-21 NZ Release Date 2007-06-21 Pages 234 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 2007-06-21 Alternative 9780199276899 DEWEY 128.2 Audience Professional & Vocational Imprint Oxford University Press We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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