Shame and Philosophy : An Investigation in the Philosophy of Emotions and Ethics

Engaging With Current Research In The Philosophy Of Emotions, Both Analytic And Continental, The Author Argues That Reductionist Accounts Of Emotions Leave Us In A State Of Poverty Regarding Our Understanding Of Our World And Of Ourselves. By Phil Hutchinson. In an important contribution to the burgeoning area of philosophy of emotions, Phil Hutchinson engages with philosophers of emotion in both the analytic and continental traditions. Shame and Philosophy advances a framework for understanding emotion: world-taking cognitivism. He argues that reductionist accounts of emotion leave us in a state of poverty regarding our understanding of our world and ourselves. The book contains detailed engagements with theorists of emotions such as Peter Goldie, Paul Griffiths, Jesse Prinz and Jenefer Robinson as well as a chapter on the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, which also contains a detailed critical engagement with Jacques Derrida's work. In addition, the chapter on Griffiths' work contains a detailed critique of the program of natural kind semantics. As the book progresses it becomes more and more concerned to meditate on shame as discussed by Primo Levi and other survivors of extreme trauma. The book moves towards conclusion by suggesting further directions for study In an important contribution to the burgeoning area of philosophy of emotions, Phil Hutchinson engages with philosophers of emotion in both the analytic and continental traditions. Shame and Philosophy advances a framework for understanding emotion: world-taking cognitivism. He argues that reductionist accounts of emotion leave us in a state of poverty regarding our understanding of our world and ourselves. The book contains detailed engagements with theorists of emotions such as Peter Goldie, Paul Griffiths, Jesse Prinz and Jenefer Robinson as well as a chapter on the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, which also contains a detailed critical engagement with Jacques Derrida's work. The Chapter on Griffiths' work also contains a detailed critique of the program of natural kind semantics. As the book progresses it becomes more and more concerned to meditate on shame as discussed by Primo Levi and other survivors of extreme trauma. The book moves towards conclusion by suggesting further directions for study Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-6 Experimental Methods and Conceptual Confusion: Philosophy, Science, and What Emotions Really Are ....Pages 7-41 To ‘Make Our Voices Resonate’ or ‘To Be Silent’? Shame as Fundamental Ontology....Pages 42-86 Emotion, Cognition, and World....Pages 87-122 Shame and World....Pages 123-155 Back Matter....Pages 156-190 Phil Hutchinson engages with philosophers of emotion in both the analytic and continental traditions. He advances a framework for understanding emotion - world-taking cognitivism and argues that reductionist accounts of emotion leave us in a state of poverty regarding our understanding of the world and ourselves Introduction Shame and philosophy Experimental methods and conceptual confusion : philosophy, science, and what emotions really are To "make our voices resonate" or "to be silent"? Shame as fundamental ontology Emotion, cognition & world Shame and world Shame & philosophy : an ethical investigation.

Engaging with current research in the philosophy of emotions, both analytic and continental, the author argues that reductionist accounts of emotions leave us in a state of poverty regarding our understanding of our world and of ourselves.