Embodied Appraisals and Non-emotional States

0348956 - FLÚ 2011 RIV SK eng J - Journal Article
Hvorecký, Juraj
Embodied Appraisals and Non-emotional States.
Human Affairs. Roč. 20, č. 3 (2010), s. 215-223. ISSN 1210-3055
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Keywords : embodied appraisal * non-emotional mental states * valence * emotion
Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

We present the embodied appraisal theory of emotions and show how it handles a variety of intuitions we hold about affective states. While appreciating its integrative potential, we point out possible difficulties that it might face from further investigations of embodied non-emotional states. Following Darwin and his work on the expression of emotions, we suggest that some obviously non-emotional mental states comply with the criteria set by Prinz's theory. Therefore it is doubtful whether his definition of emotions is correct and whether perceptual approaches are useful in explicating the nature of emotion types.
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